2023 La Calmette Serpent à Plumes

Domaine La Calmette was started in 2015 by Maya & Nicolas, a talented couple who bring not only a thorough knowledge of viticulture but also a meticulously researched scientific backbone to their natural wines. Explosive, bursting with life and vibrancy.

Light and juicy. Gently extracted though still retaining Malbec's inky colour, this is a very immediate, enticing, joyful yet complex expression of this grape and this terroir. A wonderful edge of graphite and intense minerality underpin this wine, which is ultimately everything we want from a medium bodied red - bursts of fruit and spice and pure pleasure.

• Varieties: 75-90% Malbec, 10-25% Merlot
• Vine Age: Planted from the 1970s to early 2000s
• Terroir: West-facing, 300-330m altitude. Kimmeridgian limestone and marl bedrock, fairly deep clay-limestone soil.
• Viticulture: Organic (AB), biodynamic methods.
• Vinification: Some whole cluster inclusion and a percentage of the fruit pressed immediately. 6-15 day ambient yeast fermentation with gentle infusion. Aged about 12 months on the lees in concrete and stainless steel tanks. No fining, no filtration. Minimal SO2 adjustment at bottling (10 ppm).