Mikael Bouges Les Côts Hauts 
 
Les Côts Hauts is made using fruit from young Malbec vines that are approaching 20 years old. The grapes are de-stemmed and macerated for ten days before being pressed into steel tanks for a whole year before bottling. This year Mikaël made the wine with no sulphur additions at all.
 
The fruit is bright, crunchy and clearly transmits the mineral rich soils over which the vines are planted; the aromas of gravel and wet stones sit high in the balance. The wine possesses a bloody, iron-y quality but this vintage also feels a little more ripe and open, lending peppery red fruits to the mix.
 
Region Touraine, Loire, France
Grapes Malbec
Vinyard Organic
Style Still Red
Size 750ml
ABV 13%