Cahors from Julien Ilbert of Château Combel la Serre.
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1 Château Combel-la-Serre Cahors from Julien Ilbert of Château Combel la Serre. Julien Ilbert. Photo by Jerome Morel. Profile Julien Ilbert is a young, charismatic vigneron with a fresh perspective on his native Cahors. Vines have been in the Ilbert family for generations, though grapes had always been sold to the local cave coopérative. In 1998, Julien decided to break off and start his own estate. Things didn't exactly go according to plan, and a chance meeting with Mathieu Cosse at a rugby match quickly led to a seven year relationship, with Julien being Mathieu's main source for high quality Auxerrois (aka Malbec, aka Côt). After an amicable split in 2005, Julien was back on track to producing his own wines, and Château Combel-la-Serre was born. 25 hectares of Auxerrois are planted on a diverse amount of terroirs, all within 5 kilometers of the cellar. Though a Cahors wine only needs to be 70% Auxerrois to get the appellation, Julien believes it is the only grape suitable for what he's trying to accomplish. In such he has consciously avoided planting the traditional Negrette and Tannat, while completely eschewing the more recent trend of planting Bordeaux varietals. The estate is certified organic as of the 2015 vintage, but chemicals have not touched the vineyards
2 for quite some time. Everything was conventionally farmed from the advent of such technology, but the death of Julien's grandfather from Parkinsons deeply affected the family's agricultural philosophy. Convinced that the chemicals he'd openly exposed himself day in and day out were at the root of his illness (on top of the vines, an additional 40 hectares of cereals were worked by the family at the time), the Ilberts stopped using these products on their land. The wines have also evolved in the decade since Julien launched his own estate, culminating in what we now get to enjoy in our glasses. Though you should never judge a book by its cover, Julien has made the decision to design playful labels and bottle the wines in Burgundian bottles, two seemingly superficial details that are actually a very bold statement in the ultra-traditional mindset of most Cahors producers. As far as the wines, we will will start importing the following three, with more cuvées on the way. Le Pur Fruit du Causse: cement vinified and aged, fresh and delicious. Château Combel-la-Serre: a little warmer and more serious, some cement, some steel and some fiberglass vinifications assembled quickly after malo and aged together in stainless for one year and then in older barriques for another year. Le Lac Aux Cochons 2012: From a distinct parcel and one of his best sites, 90 year old vines are grown in limestone and clay with a high amount of iron component. Aged 2 yrs in demi-muids. Visits This visit to Chateau Combel-la-Serre took place in August, 2015.
3 Words and photos by Jules Dressner. Cahors. We'll be the first to admit the region doesn't exactly scream "exciting natural wine". For most, Cahors equals rustic, tannic and structured offerings meant to cellar and age for decades. So when we got an from a friend of Matthieu Baudry asking us if we'd be interested in his wines, we were expecting either hipster carbonic glou-glou or super structured, dark as night teeth stainers. What we got instead was something delightfully in between. Lo and behold, something's been bubbling in the village of St-Vincent-Rive-d`Olt, more specifically in the hamlet of Cornou! This is Julien Ilbert, the proprietor of Combel-la-Serre:
4 We'd never met Julien, and other than immediately co-signing his excellent taste in T-shirts, didn't really know what to expect when showing up at his doorstep. That's because the Combel la Serre story has been steadily evolving over the last 17 years. Vines have been in the Ilbert family for a very long time, but always as part of a larger poly-cultural whole. Before Julien took over in 1998, his father Jean-Pierre owned 40 hectares of cereals, 25 hectares of vines and 22 cows for meat and dairy. The grapes all went to the local cave coopérative. And right up to his retirement, Jean-Pierre worked the entirety of his land by himself, never hiring an employee. Think about that the next time you're complaining about your shitty day at work...
5 Before I give you any more Combel-la-Serre history, here's a picture of their dog UV to break up all this text: Awwwwwwwwww. In 1998, Julien split from the cave coopérative in hopes of starting his own estate. But a chance meeting with Matthieu Cosse at a rugby match (check Julien's shirt, he's an avid fan and player) quickly led to a commercial partnership. For seven years, Julien sold the majority of his grapes to Matthieu, making a small amount of uncommercialized wine on the side.
6 In 2005, the two split amicably and Julien reset his sights on independent production. A decade later, he finally feels that all the hard work in the vines and cellar has really begun to pay off and is ready to share the (literal) fruits of his labor outside of France! We began our vineyard tour with the parcel that produces: Such a sweet label. For those who are French readers/and or hip to natural wine slang, you will have seen both the word CARBO and the term "vin de soif" on this label and will therefore say: "Hey, I thought you said these wines weren't carbonic!" Well, I LIED. But not really, because this is the only carbonic wine Julien makes, and its represents a tiny part of his production.
7 The wine is called La Vigne Derière chez Carbo, and besides the obvious reference to vinification, is actually right behind the house of a certain Monsieur Carbonier! Well played, Julien. Well played.
8 The 1.3h of vines are planted in red clay and are 25 to 30 years old. The northern exposition makes this parcel the coolest Julien works. It's also the only Combel parcel where you can find a ton of galets roulées all over the vineyard:
9 "These characteristics give the wine an unprecedented freshness and playful fruit, which is why I've chosen to make a carbonic wine here." Next, we visited young vines planted in Vermentino.
10 Vermentino is not typical for the region, but Julien planted 1 hectare because he loves the grape and wanted to break out from the Sauvignon and Viognier mold typically produced in this part of the South-West. He also thinks the vines will react well to the soils, as they are heavy in limestone:
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12 Next, we visited a lieu-dit called Peyre Levade, which means "standing stone" in Occitan.
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14 These are the most limestone heavy soils Julien works. We ended our vineyard run the the Lac-aux-Cochons, aka "Pig Lake".
15 Not much of a curveball, but this parcel produces: Also a sweet label. Here is the famous Pig Lake!
16 Ok, I know it's not that exciting. At least I tried! Pig Lake is 2 hectares of Julien's oldest vines, most of them clocking around 90. The limestone subsoils here really fuel the grapes with minerality, and he considers it to be his best parcel. After all that vineyard hopping, it was time to check out the cellar. And who else was there to greet us but barrel man!
17 Barrel man was built in 1948 by the village barrel maker. The cellar is mostly large concrete tanks and oak barrels, though Julien occasionally uses stainless steel and fiberglass for certain vinifications.
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20 It was lunch time, and Julien and his lovely wife Sophie cooked us an incredible meal of local delicacies, which of course involved foie gras and a ton of black truffles. At the table, Julien started opening a lot of great bottles, confirming that he's just as passionate about drinking wine as making it. At first, he even refused to have his wines at the table! "At my house, we drink the wines of others at the table. I'm around my wines everyday, and there is so much amazing stuff out there. It would be a shame drinking the same thing every day!" Still, he realized we were familiarizing ourselves with his cuvées and made an exception by letting us re-taste them alongside the food. But next time, we're cracking open some Ganevat! And Baudry! And Egly-Ouriet! Wines Soil: clay and limestone IGP Côtes du Lot "de La Terre à La Lune"
21 Grape: Vermentino Age of Vines: 4 Elevation: 320 m Yields: 23hl/h Vinification: Whole-cluster direct press. Vinified and aged in stainless steel. VDF "L'Epatant Antidote à la Chaleur du Causse" Soil: clay and limestone Grape: Malbec Age of Vines: 40 Elevation: 320 m Yields: 25hl/h Vinification: Blend of 50% free-run juice and 50 % pressed. Fermentation and aging takes place in small tanks. Cahors "Le Pur Fruit du Causse" Soil: clay and limestone Grape: Malbec Age of Vines: 35 Elevation: 320 m Yields: 40hl/h Vinification: Traditional short, low temperature vinification to extract maximum fruit. Aging lasts one winter on lees in cement tanks. Bottled quickly to best preserve fruit in the wine. Soil: clay and limestone Cahors "Chateau Combel La Serre"
22 Grape: Malbec Age of Vines: 40 Elevation: 320 m Yields: 40hl/h Vinification: Vinified and aged for 12 months in used 500l French oak barrels. IGP Côtes du Lot "La Vigne Juste Derrière Chez Carbo" Soil: clay and limestone soil with a high concentration of pebbles on the surface. Grape: Malbec from a single parcel Age of Vines: 35 Elevation: 320 m Yields: 45hl/h Vinification: Goes through carbonic maceration for 6 days. The wines is then pressed and fermentation starts immediately. Vinified and aged in a cement tank. Cahors "Au Cerisier" Soil: red clay on limestone bedrock Grape: Malbec from a single 1.2 hectare parcel, "Au Cerisier" Age of Vines: 40 Elevation: 320 m Yields: 45hl/h Vinification: Fermented and aged in cement tanks for 12 months. Cahors "Les Peyres Levades"
23 Soil: limestone Grape: Malbec from a single 0.58 hectare parcel, "Peyres Levades" Age of Vines: 55 Elevation: 320 m Yields: 26hl/h Vinification: Vinification in small steel tanks with pump-overs for 20 days. Aged for 24 months in used 500l oak barrels. Cahors "Le Lac-aux-Cochons" Soil: clay with iron that sits on top of a limestone plateau. Grape: Malbec from a single one hectare parcel Age of Vines: 60 Elevation: 320 m Yields: 34hl/h Vinification:: Vinification in a small tank with a total of four punch downs. Maceration lasts 20 days. The wines is then aged for 24 months in a mixture of old and new oak 500l barrels.
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