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• Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 90 points

  October 12, 2022 - Big but soft and lush, the perfect foil to a pork and bean braise. This wine is at its aging best. Last bottle in my cellar

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• Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 86 points

  August 9, 2022 - This is at the inflection point where the brett starts to dominate the fruit. Still quite drinkable but I will drink the other one in the cellar asap. Could have a long discussion about filtration and brett. I bottled millions of cases without sterile filtration and did not get brett, but you have to be on top of it.

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• PJ0608 Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 16, 2022 - Drank my last bottle this week. Sad to see it go. A very nicely balanced Malbec which still had a longer life (wine had been stored well since purchase). I liked it very much and will be eager to try some more.

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• A L P Likes this wine:

  November 28, 2021 - Still quite good and the garrigue is shining through. Last bottle of this vintage.

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• srh Likes this wine:

  December 18, 2019 - PnP
  
  Typically, "80% Malbec & 20% Merlot from 60 ha planted in gravel, limestone, & clay soils ≈25 yrs ago; Traditional vinification; Grapes are sorted & de-stemmed after the harvest; Each vyd parcel is vinified separately; Wine is fermented in s/s (lasting anywhere from 15-18 days) with daily punch-downs, then blended in January & aged in foudre & 1-2 yr old barrels from Bordeaux grand cru for 1 yr before bottling;" 13.5% ABV
  
  N: CLOSED; Cherries, earth, spice
  
  P: Med body; NICE, ALMOST swtish frt (approaching threshold R.S.?) met by an astringent PUCKER as it fairly seamlessly transitions into a LONG, balanced, poss very, VERY slightly puckerish finish with a subtle, very, VERY slight swtness to the few, unoffensively firming, dusty tannins. The way this adroitly combines frt, acidity, & firming structure, I can see it accompanying a # of entreés @ LEAST into '22, *poss* as long as its 10th? [I'd have kept this bottle longer, but as I couldn't seem to get the necessary traction from those sharing it with me...] :( [As of early Mar '20, wine-searcher only shows this avail in magnums].
  
  Note: 1st tasted on 7/27/17, ff’d by 6/25, 6/30, & 8/7, & 10/23/19.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Clos La Coutale
• Varietal Malbec Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Southwest France
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Cahors
• UPC Codes 3499291015102, 9211151487805

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• In Cellars 77 (27%)
• Consumed 213 (73%)

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