An exciting, bone-dry Chenin Blanc from Cahors – unusual for this Malbec region, yet entirely in keeping with the biodynamic estate’s style: fresh, dense and full of energy.
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Bottler: Clos Troteligotte, Le Cap Blanc, 46090 Villesèque / France
In the glass
Colour
Bright, clear golden yellow with a fine sheen.
Nose
Pear, quince, peach and apricot meet chamomile, buttercup, almonds, lanolin and a hint of vanilla – a multi-layered, surprising bouquet.
Palate
Juicy and moreish with round, ripe acidity that gains pressure and bite towards the finish; dense and creamy, yet appearing slender and dry on the finish.
Character
A Chenin Blanc with personality – beguiling in its richness, yet with drive and tension, typically varietal and yet idiosyncratic.
Pairing
Goat’s cheese tart, grilled fish with herb butter or chicken in a lemon-thyme jus.
Notes
Hand-harvested, spontaneously fermented and without fining or filtration; aged in used wood and clay amphorae, total sulphur below 27 mg/l. From the biodynamically farmed, Biodyvin-certified estate whose limestone terroir (Kimmeridgian, geologically related to Chablis) brings a fine minerality into the glass.
Tasting note
Colour & appearance
Pale golden yellow, clear and lively in the glass.
Nose
Chenin Blanc – and yet somehow different: pear and quince, peach and apricot, alongside chamomile and buttercup, almonds, lanolin and a faint hint of vanilla. Exciting, multi-layered, idiosyncratic.
Palate
Juicy, indeed highly drinkable, with ripe, rounded acidity that gains pressure and sharpness towards the finish – typical Chenin. Dense aromatics meet a fine creamy texture, while the wine remains astonishingly slender, ending bone-dry and full of energy.
Finish
Bone-dry, powerful, with increasingly taut acidity and a long, tense aftertaste.
Terroir & origin
The K-libre grows on the clay-limestone soils of the Quercy – a white wine from Cahors, a region otherwise known almost exclusively for dark Malbec. Clos Troteligotte lies like an island amidst oak forests and wild meadows; the natural protective belt of woodland makes the vineyard largely self-sufficient.
Grape variety & vinification
100% Chenin Blanc, hand-harvested at moderate yields. Direct pressing of whole bunches, spontaneously initiated fermentation, maturation in used wood and in clay amphorae – unfined, unfiltered, total sulphur below 27 mg/l.
Food pairings
An ideal everyday wine with goat’s cheese from the Lot, grilled pike-perch, chicken in cream sauce or a quince risotto. Also an exciting choice with Asian dishes featuring ginger and lemongrass.
Special features
Emmanuel Rybinski, who took over the family estate from his father in 2004, has given his estate its own alphabet – the “K” plays with the name Cahors. The K-libre is the free spirit of the range: a Chenin Blanc in Malbec country, vinified in amphora and without cellar chemistry, the result of an estate that has been farmed according to Demeter guidelines since 2017. A wine that proves Cahors can do more than just red wine.
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