Petit Clos Cuvée Plaisir Cahors AOP - Jean-Luc Baldès

The powerful Petit Clos Cuvée Plaisir Cahors, crafted by Jean-Luc Baldès, enters the glass with a dense purple-red color. This French cuvée caresses the nose in the glass with wonderfully expressive notes of plums, blueberries, morello cherries, and prunes. Added to this are hints of gingerbread spice, oriental spices, and black tea.

This French wine delights with its elegantly dry taste profile. It was bottled with exceptionally little residual sugar. As one would naturally expect from a wine in the premium quality segment, this Frenchman, despite all its dryness, captivates with the finest balance. Excellent flavor does not necessarily require sugar. The finish of this youthful red wine from the Sud-Ouest wine region, more precisely from Cahors, ultimately impresses with a lovely aftertaste.

Vinification of the Petit Clos Cuvée Plaisir Cahors by Jean-Luc Baldès

This powerful red wine from France is produced from the Malbec and Merlot grape varieties. After being harvested by hand, the grapes are brought to the winery as quickly as possible. There they are sorted and gently crushed. Fermentation then takes place in large wooden vats at controlled temperatures. After fermentation, the powerful Petit Clos Cuvée Plaisir Cahors is aged for a few months in French oak barrels. Once the wine is finished, the Petit Clos Cuvée Plaisir Cahors is gently dealcoholized.

Food recommendations for the Petit Clos Cuvée Plaisir Cahors by Jean-Luc Baldès

Enjoy this red wine from France ideally tempered at 15–18°C as an accompaniment to stuffed bell peppers, boeuf bourguignon, or fried calf’s liver with apples, onions, and balsamic vinegar sauce.

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