Domaine la Berangeraie
In 1971 Andre Berenger came to Cahors from Provence with his wife Sylvie, who is originally from Champagne, and planted their vineyard near Grezels, on the red clay/iron stone soil known as Grezes. Their two children, Maurin and Juline not only joined them in the family business but so too have their respective spouses. Thus the three couples all work together and do everything in this twelve hectare domaine themselves – the pruning, the treatments of the vines ( all organic) and the harvesting all by hand (a disappearing practice in Cahors where harvesting is now done almost exclusively by machine).
Moreover, Juline, Maurin, and Maurin’s wife, Marlene, are all graduates of Oenology school as oneologists, diplomes . With this background, not surprisingly, their cuvees follow family names – Juline, a blend of 80% Malbec and 20% Merlot is the most elegant, with ripe fruit and soft tannins. It is aged solely in concrete (no oak) and bottled unfiltered for us. The Maurin is 100% Malbec, also concrete aged and unfiltered. In 2000 there is a new cuvee, Marlene, that is aged one-half in one year old barrique and the grapes come from one of their best parcels. These wines are proof that hand made artisnal wines of character, yet accessibility, are still being made in Cahors.
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Domaine la Berangeraie 2005 Cuvee Maurin Cahors
