Mas Cal Demoura "Les Combariolles" red 2022

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Mas Cal Demoura Terrasses du Larzac Les Combariolles 2022 signed by Isabelle and Vincent Goumard.

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2025 (August 2024): 95/100. Les Combariolles aims to be both deeper and fresher, with a straighter and more vertical framework, a noble structure with great potential. A true gravel wine, still a bit compact, but on the dawn of its life.

Comment from the domaine: Exciting reds from 2022, the fruits of a great vintage, with a balance reminiscent of 2016 or 2017, with an added pleasure, crunchy fruit, and finesse. Les Combariolles promises to be grand, structured, deep, with its usual mineral vibration. The juice is magnificent, centered around a crunchy syrah, energized by a touch of whole-cluster, very complex despite its youth, with an enchanting persistence..

Technical Sheet written by the domaine:

This cuvée comes from a parcel selection on the terroir of Les Combariolles (very high-quality limestone gravel) which gives it the depth and complexity typical of great southern reds with a distinctive mineral vibration. The blend gives it a classic and very refined 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 Languedoc generosity.

Cultivation & Harvest: Organic farming (Quality France Certification - Bureau Véritas). Plowing, organic amendments, controlled grassing, 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 (bud thinning, leaf removal), no treatments based on synthetic molecules, biodynamic treatments. Manual harvesting, selection of grapes in the vineyard and on the sorting table in the cellar.

Vinification & Aging: Vinification on 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), punching down, and pump-overs. Malolactic fermentation on 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 measure in this superb vintage. The balance between the vibrational depth and the mineral delicacy offered by the limestone gravel suits it perfectly. It is already very tempting, with an intense nose of black fruits, juicy, mineral, and a very dynamic palate, all in finesse. But time will reveal it in all its complexity, for the more patient...

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