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Château du Cèdre 2009

Name: Château du Cèdre 2009
Brand: Château du Cèdre
Rating: 3.8 (20 reviews)

Cahors|Red wine

3.8/5 (20 customers)

Note: RVF 16/20
“Château du Cèdre 2009 offers a classic, full-bodied, and dense profile, with a lovely freshness for the vintage.” (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2013 - RVF). A red wine that combines power and concentration, with a long, powerful, and aromatic finish...

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Estate

Château du Cèdre

Vintage

2009

Designation

Cahors

Region

Southwest

Grape varieties

90% Malbec, 5% Tannat, 5% Merlot

Regions

Clay-limestone, Aquitaine limestone

Viticulture

Average yields of 42 hl/hectare

Grape Harvest

Manually and by sorting

Winemaking

Aging for 30 to 35 days, followed by malolactic fermentation in barrels

Livestock farming

Aged for 20 months in Tronçais oak barrels, with one-third new barrels, one-third barrels that previously held one vintage (2 years old), and one-third barrels that previously held two vintages (4 years old)

Alcohol content

14%

Eye

clear, brilliant color, ruby with violet highlights

Nose

combining power and concentration, with aromas of very ripe red and black fruits enhanced by spicy notes

Palate

open and frank, with a round, silky texture, lovely tannins, and a beautiful suppleness. The finish is long, powerful, and fragrant

Serve

decant at 17°C

Open

2 to 3 hours before serving

Drink from

2013

Drink before

2029

Production

70,000 bottles

Food and wine pairings

Un vin solide et aromatique à apprécier tout particulièrement sur des produits locaux : magret de canard, foie gras, confit, cassoulet...<br/>

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Bettane & Desseauve

4-Star Estate (Producers of the very highest quality, the pride of French viticulture)

About the estate:

Pascal and Jean-Marc Verhaegue have elevated this estate to the pinnacle of Cahors through meticulous viticulture and precise winemaking. The 27 hectares (25 of which are red grape varieties) are divided into three plots across two of the appellation’s finest 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, ideal for more powerful wines.

RVF - The French Wine Review / Guide to the Best Wines of France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated estate (2025 guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often boasting fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, 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 the vineyard—and now Jules, Pascal’s son, have made Cèdre the benchmark of the appellation. It must be said that they benefit from an exceptional terroir: on the one hand, a particularly stony limestone scree cone in constant motion, the famous “tran,” which produces fine, elegant wines; on the other hand, a soil of pebbles on iron-rich sand, lending the wines greater power. Made from perfectly ripe, hand-selected grapes, the wines—always deeply colored—achieve a rare level of quality and consistency thanks to refined tannins and velvety textures. The Extra-Libre cuvées offer the entire range in sulfur-free versions.

Wine Enthusiast

Rated estate (2025 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)

Customer rating

3.8/5

based on 20 reviews

Review by Mr. BENOIT F. Published on September 4, 2020

Top-notch, tasted in 2020. PAI 3, good length. Prunes, smoke, and forest floor on the nose. A real pleasure to drink, with well-integrated tannins and good body. Could be cellared for another 5 years.