The Combel la Serre “Pur Fruit” is 100% Malbec with a vibrant fruit-bomb showing a deep red color with aromas of ripe blackberry liqueur with violet and citrus hints. The palate is supple and sappy with dense blackberry and black raspberry fruit, lifted by bright acidity – quite lush and ripe, refreshing and balanced. The cool, sappy fruits continue in the bright finish. You could pair it with feathered game, red meat.
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Cahors native Julien Ilbert took over the family mixed-use farm in 1998, including about 20 hectares of vines, which had been farmed without chemicals for decades and in 2005 he began his own production. Julien has been determined to make fresh, vibrant wines that naturally express the high elevation limestone vineyards. Minimal sulfite is used and extraction is light so that even the top cuvees remain bright and lively. Combel la Serre “Pur Fruit” is 100% Malbec from seven different sites around their home village of Cournou, which lies on the Causse. The grapes are hand-harvested and crushed with 20% whole clusters; the juice ferments at cool temperatures with indigenous yeasts in cement tanks with a 10-day skin maceration. The wine is matured on its lees in cement through the winter and bottled in the spring.
