Wine:

The 2018 Red Cahors Le Cèdre is a dense, compact wine with perfect aging potential. Powerful and intense, it conforms to the classic style of the appellation, with an additional sapid and digestible character, and a crisp touch and spicy tannins. A very nice bottle of character and great aging potential, to be enjoyed with simmered red meat or roast beef in a crust.

Vinification:

Hand harvested, destemmed and crushed, extraction by pigeage, malolactic fermentation and aging of 24 months 50% in new barrels, 50% in barrels of 1 wine.

Certified organic wine.

Color:

Red of beautiful intensity, brilliant, with carmine reflections.

Nose:

Concentrated aromas of black fruits mixed with woody and spicy notes.

Palate:

Dense and sapid, this wine of great aromatic intensity offers a palate of character, digestible with a crunchy touch in the tannin.

Temperature:

Serve between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Rib of beef with marrow, venison with grand veneur sauce, leg of lamb at 7 o'clock, duck confit with ceps, cassoulet.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2034

Star of the Cahors appellation, the Château du Cèdre is a reference for all lovers of great wines. The Verhaeghe brothers know better than anyone how to transform their splendid terroirs of limestone and red clay into wines of a rare harmony, made from perfectly ripe grapes, which perfectly release a palate of incredible richness, with precise tannins and a majestic texture.