Les Jamelles Wines Malbec 2019 (12 Bottles) Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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The principal grape variety of the Cahors appellation, Malbec is also grown in the Bordeaux region. It is also grown in Argentina to produce wines that hugely popular around the world. This early-ripening grape yields a wine that is extremely fruity and fragrant with deep colour and solid tannins that make it well suited to laying down.

In order to express its full potential, this rather capricious grape variety needs to be grown in poor soil and harvested at optimal maturity.

Terroir(s)
Malbec is scarce in the Languedoc. We have nevertheless found very diverse terroirs whose 30-year-old vines produce low yields of high quality grapes. These plots are located:
• on the slopes of the Orb Valley, in the Hérault department, where the soil is very warm and strewn with rounded stones. These grapes lend depth and colour to the wine.
• in the western Aude department where the soil is cool and deep. The grapes, with their aromas and flavours of tangy red berries, lend finesse and freshness to the wine.
• on the dried-up marsh of Marseillette whose slightly salty calcareous clay soil strewn with rounded stones, combined with the coolness due to numerous canals and the poplar trees that line them, allow the grapes to reach an exceptional level of phenolic ripeness, resulting in wines with lovely length.

Vinification
The grapes are harvested when they are at their peak of ripeness. They are then vinified in concrete tanks under monitored temperatures. Traditional maceration lasts 2 to 3 weeks then, after the grapes are pressed, the wine is aged on oak for added complexity.

Tasting
Endowed with ruby colour enhanced with red highlights, Les Jamelles Malbec is a powerful wine, with a spicy nose reminiscent of liquorice and both red and black fruit. It is supple on the palate though well structured, boasting big fruit along with persistent spicy notes and fine tannins that give elegant length.

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Wines with a different spirit! ‘Les Jamelles’ is a unique collection of handcrafted varietal wines that have been produced in the Pays d’Oc, South of France, since 1995.

The wines have won praise from the press throughout the world for their excellent quality, placing them in a class of their own. Created by nature and the work of talented men and women, ‘Les Jamelles’ wines offer a real handcrafted quality… the simplicity of authentic products… a different spirit.

The wide variety of wines the Les Jamelles range boasts is only possible due to the diversity of the terroirs and grape varieties that the Languedoc region has to offer. This unique area of production, covering approximately 223,000 hectares, produces 12 million hectolitres of wine per year. It is one of the world’s largest winegrowing regions!

An immense amphitheatre facing the sea, the Languedoc-Roussillon is a multi-faceted region, shaped by coastal zones, mountains, crests and higher-altitude terroirs. Between the Pyrenees to the south-west, the Cévennes to the north-east, the Montagne Noire to the north-west and the Mediterranean coast to the south, the 58 grape varieties authorized by the IGP Pays d’Oc label benefit from a wide diversity of ideal locations that allow them to express their full potential.

Within this immense region, let us set off on a discovery of the production areas that Catherine and her team have selected over the course of the last twenty-five years. These are the terroirs that truly showcase the different grape varieties and bring out their best! Enjoy browsing!

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