{"product_id":"combellaserre-lelacauxcochons-2021-7960","title":"CombelLaSerre‘LeLacauxCochons’2021","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;“If anyone orders Malbec, I’m leaving. I am NOT drinking any f****** Malbec!”, Miles might have raged if the movie Sideways had been made today. So popular is Malbec (aka Côt, Auxerrois, Pressac – it has over a thousand synonyms) in 2024 that its fruity blandness and smoooooth texture have almost become synonymous with red wine. But it’s not all rubbish.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;For generations Jean-Pierre Ilbert’s family sold grapes to the local co-operative until he combined their vineyard holdings and established Combel-La-Serre in the tiny Cahors village of Cournou. In 2005, Jean-Pierre’s son Julien – having studied in Saint-Emilion – took over, first converting the estate to organics and later biodynamics.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Julien now farms 25ha of vines high on Cahors’ limestone plateau to produce ambitious riffs on Malbec in various forms. An iron-rich plot of 60-year-old vines next to a watering hole for wild boar, ‘Le Lac aux Cochons’ is aged for 24 months in old and new barrels. Refined and velvety, it shows serious ageing potential.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45122093056182,"sku":"7960","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/1251\/9862\/files\/combellaserre-lelacauxcochons-_7960_01_fd738793_94c3e136-3442-4e91-b732-6de071932851.jpg?v=1778674383","url":"https:\/\/noblebottle.com\/products\/combellaserre-lelacauxcochons-2021-7960","provider":"noblebottle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}