WineWise Code

FCD-LAO22

Country

France

Region

Cahors

Color/Style

Red

Destemming

Complete

Fermentation Vessel

Concrete

Additional Fermentation Notes

Fermentation duration: 20 days

Aging Vessel

100% Used Barrique

Aging Duration (months)

10 months

Filtered?

Yes

Fining Agents

None

Yeast Protocol

Spontaneous

Malolactic Conversion

Yes

Added Sulfur

Yes, 34 mg/L

Varieties

100% Malbec

ABV

13.5

Closure

DIAM

Certified Vegan

No

Soil Types

Calcareous

Elevation (meters)

200

Yields (hl/ha)

30

Farming Practices

Certified Organic, Practicing Biodynamic

Harvest Method

Machine

Other Vineyard Details

From the estate's highest parcel situated at 200 meters of elevation on a limestone plateau. The wine's name is a play on words : when Benoit works this vineyard he goes "Là-haut" i.e. "up there".