The ‘20 Les Calades.

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Tasting note

The live wines_master seed describes Le Vent des Jours Les Calades as a focused Cahors Malbec with deep black-red fruit, purple flowers, and a graphite-cool line through the palate. Tart blackberry and boysenberry sit beside darker bramble fruit, while the fruit remains fresh rather than overripe. The middle palate is firm and concentrated, with weight, clear acidity, and pleasantly chewy tannins that give the wine shape without flattening its energy. A mineral and marine impression carries the finish, adding a cool, savory edge to the ripe fruit. The seed's description of a fluid, rich, balanced style fits the way the fruit, acidity, and tannin move together. With air, the dark fruit can broaden, the floral notes can become more evident, and the mineral finish can feel longer.

The 2020 vintage

Those years describe the catalog's guidance for this 2020 bottle, not a guarantee for every bottle. The seed also says the firm structure, acidity, and chewy tannins can evolve over five to ten years while retaining freshness. Storage condition and bottle variation can change where the wine sits within that arc.

About Le Vent des Jours

The live seed identifies Le Vent des Jours Les Calades as a pure Malbec expression of Cahors grown on limestone terroirs. It describes the bottling as part of a newer, more fluid and balanced direction for Cahors, with richness held by freshness and structure. The result is a producer note that explains why the wine reads as dark, firm, mineral, and fresh while keeping every factual detail tied to the live seed.

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