Côt is the local name for Malbec in the Loire Valley. The very serious and multi-layered Cuvée Pivoine comes from a single vineyard and is aged in amphora (20%) and in old barrels. The style here is bright and elegant, earthy with lively crushed berries. Very fine and ripe tannins and a long, soft finish.
'Herve Villemade Pivoine Cot is a brilliant addition to our list! It has all of the juicy fruit of Malbec, without being heady nor weighty. There's some resin / sappiness but it doesn't feel underripe, it adds a savoury character. Soft and mouth-filling, bright acidity, you keep reaching back for another glass.' Fiona Cashin
DOMAINE HERVÉ VILLEMADE, Cour-ChevernyOrganic, Natural
Domaine Hervé Villemade is an estate of 25 hectares (17 of which are planted) located in Cour-Cheverny. It has passed from father to son from the installation of Hervé’s grandfather in 1939. Hervé took over the estate in 1995, after studying viticulture and winemaking.
In the late 90’s Hervé tasted his neighbour Thierry Puzelat’s wines (who was then in his second year of organic viticulture) as well as Marcel Lapierre’s Morgon and was struck by their purity. He decided to turn a couple of hectares organic just to check: no synthetic products, but ploughing and hand harvest instead, and no-or very-little sulphur. The results proved to him that he should travel the non-interventionist path. Hervé’s wines carry a trademark purity of fruit, the wines are fleshy, honest, generous and articulate.
Torres 20 is the most award-winning brandy.
Chosen for several years as the Best Brandy in the World at contests like the International Wine & Spirit Competition.
An aged brandy distilled from the Parellada and Ugni Blanc grape varieties. Both varieties are distilled separately twice in traditional stills.
Dark amber colour. Deep and warm aroma with notes of vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Intensely velvety on the tongue with a brief finish and subtle oak notes.
Double distillation in copper pot stills, followed by the careful selection of the finest and most aromatic fractions, and ageing in Limousin oak barrels, are some of its secrets.Tasting NotesFine, dark amber-coloured. A deep, warm aroma, with traces of dried fruit and nuts. It exhibits elegant hints of spices (vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg). It is round, intensely velvety and lush on the palate, with a lingering aftertaste typical of its noble origin and aristocratic ageing.
1x 70cl bottle in presentation box