Clos d'Audhuy Queue de Pressoir 2022 0426JACKSON resinous walnut bitterness running underneath

resinous walnut bitterness running underneath that keeps it from ever turning cloying

garrigue scrub

Vines are approximately 40 years of age on flint-rich

mostly Gumiel de Mercado and Villatuelda in the Soria sector of Ribera del Duero

Clos d'Audhuy Queue de Pressoir 2022 0426JACKSON resinous walnut bitterness running underneathOne of the more curious bottles in our Cahors section, and a lot of fun. Queue de Pressoir ("press tail") is Benot Aymard's experiment with Sgalin, an obscure grape (a 1957 INRA cross of Juranon Noir and Portugais) that's barely planted anywhere in the world. The blend is 70% Segalin and 30% Malbec, the latter coming from the press wine of his Polissons ros. Aymard vinifies it almost like a ros early harvest, very light extraction and the result is an