Notes: RVF 17.5/20, Bettane & Desseauve 15.5/20
"The 2009 Cèdre is a major wine, offering extra intensity. It is already perfectly harmonious, with its mellow aging, its understated, fleshy fruit, full of nuance, and will age well. " (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2013 - RVF)
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Eye
dark, intense, and concentrated color with purple highlights
Nose
very expressive, with aromas of ripe black berries and delicate spicy notes
Mouth
Dense and full-bodied, with a supple attack, rich and complex texture, and beautiful aromatic power. The finish is refined, powerful, and persistent, with lovely spicy notes.
Serve
decant at 16°C
Open
2 hours before service
Drink from
2012
Drink before
2024
Production
30,000 bottles
Food and wine pairings
A tender texture and flavor that pair perfectly with duck stew, pigeon salmis, grilled beef, rib steak with mushrooms, venison stew, rabbit with prunes, cassoulet, foie gras, duck confit, game terrine, roast poultry, blood sausage, Rocamadour cheese, aged Cantal cheese...
Bettane & Desseauve
4-star estate (Producers of very high quality, the pride of French vineyards)
About the estate:
Pascal and Jean-Marc Verhaegue run this estate at the top of Cahors, thanks to demanding viticulture and precise winemaking techniques. The 27 hectares (including 25 of reds) are divided into three small areas on two of the appellation's best soil types, notably the famous third terrace. One is clay-limestone and produces wines of great finesse. The other is a soil of pebbles mixed with reddish sand, which is conducive to more powerful wines.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2025 guide) 2 stars (These very large estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the estate:
For more than fifteen years, the Verhaeghe brothers, Pascal in charge of winemaking and Jean-Marc in charge of the vineyard, and now Jules, Pascal's son, have made Le Cèdre the benchmark for the appellation. It must be said that they benefit from an exceptional terroir: on the one hand, a particularly stony and constantly shifting cone of limestone scree, the famous "tran," which produces fine, elegant wines; on the other hand, a soil of pebbles on ferruginous sand, which gives the wines more power. Made from ideally ripe and selected grapes, the cuvées, which are always very colorful, achieve a rare level of quality and consistency thanks to refined tannins and velvety textures. The Extra-Libre cuvées offer the entire range without sulfur.
Wine Enthusiast
Rated estate (2025 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
Customer rating
5/5
based on 3 reviews
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