Hervé Villemade - Pivoine Cot 2022 (750ml)
Price: $32.99
| Producer | Hervé Villemade |
| Country | France |
| Region | Loire Valley |
| Varietal | Malbec |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 202947 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Hervé Villemade Description
Herve Villemade has family roots in Cellettes, a small town in the Loire Valley of France, going back multiple generations. Since taking over in 1995, he has grown his estate to include the original 8.5ha owned by his parents, an additional 8ha that he has purchased over the years, and the difference being comprised of parcels that he rents. At the beginning, the vines were farmed conventionally (as that is they way his parents farmed) using herbicides and fungicides, and the wines were made the same way with lab yeasts and additives.
It wasn’t until a few years later that he tasted wines made by Marcel Lapierre in Beaujolais and Thierry Puzelat at Clos du Tue-Bouef in nearby Les Montils, both of whom he cites as his key influences to start doing things the natural way, that his eyes were opened. Herve immediately began experimenting with zero-sulfur winemaking, but quickly realized that in order to do this, he would need higher quality fruit. This realization lead him to begin the arduous task of converting the entirely to organic farming starting in 2000 and ultimately shaping the domaine as we know it today.
The Côt (Malbec) grape variety delivers all its elegance in this terroir (Parcelle des Ardilles). The red fruit aromas give way to spicy aromas, with a sweet note of violet. Long on the palate, with fine and elegant tannins, it is all about fruit and suppleness.
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