Mas Cal Demoura Terrasses du Larzac "Les Combariolles" red 2020

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Mas Cal Demoura Terrasses du Larzac "Les Combariolles" 2020 signed by Isabelle and Vincent Goumard:

La Revue du Vin de France (May 2024, "100 wines that make the greatness of Languedoc"): 96/100. Reserved, vertical, authoritative, uncompromising, this is the definition of a great wine from the historic sector of Terrasses du Larzac and its limestone pebbles. It has a depth and straightness that call for patience, but in a decade, it will surely join some glorious elders in the pantheon of great classics.

Guide RVF des Meilleurs Vins de France 2023 (Sept. 2022): 96/100. "Les Combariolles, from the eponymous vineyard, is typically more reserved and vertical at this stage. A smoky, wild wine, very straight, with a refined structure, uncompromising. It has great elegance and brilliantly expresses the tension of the limestone pebbles."

Commentary from the domaine: Superb reds from 2020, all in balance, in the spirit of the 2012s that have shone so brightly in recent months:
Les Combariolles is splendid, very elegant, with its unique mineral dynamic, featuring a very pure fruit on the nose, extended by notes of cade and garrigue. The palate is long, structured, and harmonious..

Technical Sheet written by the domaine:

This cuvée comes from a parcel selection on the terroir of Combariolles (very high-quality limestone pebbles) which gives it the depth and complexity typical of great reds from the South with a distinctive mineral vibration. The blend gives it a classic and very elegant profile.

Grapes: Syrah 40% - Mourvèdre 30% - Carignan 20% - Grenache 10%

Yield: 24 hl/ha

Terroir: The parcels used for this cuvée cover 2 ha on limestone soils. The average age of the vines is 40 years. The climate is refreshed by northern winds from the Causse du Larzac, which contribute to the freshness of the wines and balance its Languedocian generosity.

Farming & Harvest: Organic farming (Quality France Certification - Bureau Véritas). Plowing, organic amendments, controlled cover cropping, mechanical weeding (intercep), short pruning (gobelet for the carignans and part of the cinsaults, gobelet trained for the other parcels except for one Grenache in cordon de Royat), green work (de-budding, leaf removal), no treatments with synthetic molecules, biodynamic treatments. Manual harvesting, selection of grapes in the vineyard and on the sorting table in the cellar.

Vinification & Aging: Vinification with indigenous yeasts, destemmed harvest, fermentation in stainless steel and concrete tanks. Control of fermentation temperatures (starting around 15°C then gradually rising to 25°C). Long macerations (30 to 45 days), pigeages, and remontages. Malolactic fermentation with indigenous bacteria in stainless steel tanks. Aging by grape variety and parcel, 12 months in demi-muids of 500 and 600 liters (25% new and 75% from 1 to 10 wines) and in oval foudres of 24 and 30 hl. Blending followed by an additional 7 months of aging in stainless steel tanks before bottling. Stabilization and clarification through time and cold.

Tasting: Les Combariolles show their full potential in this superb vintage. The balance between the vibrational depth and the mineral delicacy offered by the limestone pebbles is delightful. It is already very tempting, with an intense nose of black fruits, silky, mineral, and a very dynamic palate, all in finesse. But time will reveal it in all its complexity, for those who are patient...

Gastronomy: Leg of lamb with sautéed girolles, wild duck with celery and truffles, pork tenderloin, veal confit in goose fat.