Château Pineraie ‘Cuvée Authentique’, Cahors Martinborough

Château Pineraie ‘Cuvée Authentique’, Cahors MartinboroughThe vineyards for the Athentique from Pineraie lie on the highest terraces of the lot. This wine expresses the almost tender notes of Malbec as well as rich, milky fudge notes from ageing in oak. Rural, complex and complete a delicious wine. 5 hectares of sustainably managed vines averaging 60 years' age contribute a great deal of character to this hefty wine. Green harvesting and thinning help to lower yields to 30hl ha. The resulting crop is

bright pale yellow in colour

the wine is separated from the lees and transferred directly into oak barrels without undergoing filtration

Soils are mainly granite

Maturation on the fine lees and malolactic fermentation during ageing

The pale straw colour and aromas of ripe citrus fruits indicate the chardonnay origins of Pelorus nv

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and melon) to finish

The Papagiannakos family continues its traditions whilst bringing the winery into the 21st Century with a stunning and innovative bioclimatic winery

they are reaching ever greater understandings of the “terroir” and how to match soils with the most appropriate grape variety

Invented in 1938 by Peter Cossart

through to a persistent

The malolactic fermentation was carried out in lined concrete tanks after which the wine was transferred to 225L French oak barrels (25% new oak) where it was matured for 20 months