BoisGrand–2018–DomaineLaCalmette

Bois Grand 2018 is a natural wine from Cahors produced by Maya Sallée et Nicolas Fernandez from Domaine la Calmette.

A blend of 85% Malbec and 15% Merlot, from a single 0.6-ha parcel of 30-year-old vines, farmed organically and planted on clay-limestone soils over marls and Kimmeridgian bedrock, facing west at 340 metres altitude. Harvesting is done by hand with small crates. Vinification is natural: the grapes are destemmed then moved into vats by gravity, and macerated for 30 days. The wine is matured in barrels that have seen three to four wines, on the lees, before finishing in casks. Neither fined nor filtered, and just a microdose of sulphur at bottling.