Red
La Commandery Malbec
Cahors · France
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Malbec
- Country
- France
- Region
- Cahors
- Appellation
- Cahors
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roasted red meats · game · aged cheeses · stews
Rated vintages
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200893 pts
Toasty aromas are followed by intense black plum fruits twisted with tannins and polished with wood. It's an impressive, powerful wine, with a complex structure. Firm at this stage, it need 4¬–5 years at least to age.
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200788 pts
Somebody was carried away with wood here. The wine is totally dominated by flavors of burnt wood— even the 50% new wood was too much in 2007. That said, the fruit could increase in weight and black berry flavors. But not just yet—in another three to four years.