Winery - Jean-Luc Baldès
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
By heating part of the must before vinification, Jean-Luc Baldès has revived the medieval way of making Cahors, when it was know as the black wine. It gives, literally, black colored wine, with flavors of stewed prunes allied to intense, dry tannins. Red berries add freshness, but this is more jelly, cooked fruits and darkness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Subtitled Vin de Lune, moon wine, because the grapes were harvested at night. That has allowed the wine to preserve its freshness with lively acidity and fresh red currant flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A rich and creamy wine with a good balance between perfumes and freshness, allied to a touch of toast. The wine is rich, with a delicious final pear juice character.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Densely dark in color, a wine with beautiful rounded fruit flavors, hints of mint and a rich tannic structure. The wine glows with ripe fruit.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With additions of Tannat and Merlot to the 75% Malbec, this is the main wine from the estate of Jean-Luc Baldès. It is powerful, dark and dense, a proper tribute to the Malbec grape, with its dry tannins at the center of the black fig, spice and bitter coffee flavors. Worth aging for 2-3 years, but drinkable now with rich food.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Prunes and dark chocolate, rather than fresh fruits, dominate this dark-hued wine. It has big spice along with dense tannins, power and immense concentration. The acidity brings a light moment of freshness. For aging, 4–5 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With its firm, black fruits, this is a very chunky wine, mineral in character. It has tension, with tannins layered with intense flavors, very structured. It needs aging. One of a series of single-vineyard wines created by Jean-Luc Baldès.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The third and most impressive wine in a series of single-vineyard wines, from the 900-foot plateau above the Lot River. This is a wine to age, very mineral in character and very structured, with tight tannins. Keep for six years and more.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made using an adaptation of a Cahors tradition of warming the must before fermentation to increase stability as well as color. Immensely powerful tannins, chocolate density, with a youthful bitter edge at this stage.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very dry, dark, boasting extreme tannins along with solid, chunky fruit. The wine has acidity, black plum skins and licorice to go with this dense structure. A powerful wine.
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