Cabalié Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2021
Pays d'Oc IGP
Mighty Cabalié is one of our best loved ‘BIG reds’ and this old-vine version has even more swagger. Seriously intense Carignan gives a boost of inky dark fruit to soft, spicy Grenache in this stonking, velvety, southern French red.
Wine Details
- Red - Medium to Full Bodied
- France
- Very deep crimson
- Grenache-based blend
- 9.75 Units
- 13% ABV
- 750 ml
- Vegetarian
- 31 December 2024
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Big, rich and smooth with mouth-staining red and black fruit
Aroma
Bright cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant and sweet spices
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Wine
Hervé Sabardeil, our winemaker with limitless talent, has been making Cabalié, the big, ripe Catalan red, for over 15 years. He added the old-vine (Vieilles Vignes) edition in 2011, originally as a one off, but it was so popular we insisted he did it again. And again! The magic to this punchy red is really in the vines. At 60 to 100-years-old, yields are minute (about half of a Grand Cru claret). As a rule of thumb, the smaller the yield, the more concentrated the fruit, the more flavoursome the wine! That’s why we call it Cabalié’s Big Brother. Still made in the same style that was beloved by the Roman centurions and now our customers too, it packs even more flavour than the original. Ideal with garlic-roasted lamb, rich stews or cheese.
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