Château Haut-Monplaisir Pur Plaisir Malbec (Cahors)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Malbec

País

France

Região

Cahors

Denominação

Cahors

Corpo

full

Acidez

high

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201495 pts

  Since taking over a family estate in 1998, Cathy and Daniel Fournié have focused on making great wine with the help of their expert neighbors. This is the result. Produced from organic, low-yielding old vines and wood aged for nearly two years, the wine is concentrated and dense…

• 201295 pts

  Produced from organically grown grapes, this powerful and impressive expression of pure Malbec is generous while also solid and firm. It has plenty of dark tannins to go with the solid fruits and tense acidity. Produced from selected parcels, it is a wine to age further. Drink f…

• 201194 pts

  Old vines and low yields have concentrated this wine wonderfully. It is the essence of the stony, chalk and clay soil, powerfully driven by its dark fruits and immense tannins. New wood aging has added spice and has also begun the process of rounding out this impressive wine. It…

• 201094 pts

  This firm Malbec comes from old vines. It is concentrated and dense, while wearing its power easily and openly. Wood aging adds complexity as do the leather, dark chocolate and black fruits that are followed by juicy acidity. A wine with great potential, don't drink before 2018.

• 200993 pts

  Using fruit sourced from old, low-yielding vines, this is black in color and in taste, with ripe black-plum and licorice flavors that show toasty wood influence. Although the wine's name translates to “pure pleasure,” the true pleasure will be revealed in five years when it will…

• 200890 pts

  There is a danger that the otherwise fine wines of Daniel Fournié are becoming excessively alcoholic. That's the feeling here. So although the black fruit is ripe, opulent and packed with tannins, there is a nagging burn and pepper character. A degree less alcohol and this would…