Lionel Osmin & Cie Malbec Villa Des Causses 2022 750ml Mevushal and left unaged: the base

and left unaged: the base is a clean

planted in 1950 at 485 meters

Estate-grown on sandy loam over deep Wairau Valley gravel

Two 100-point scores — James Suckling and Guía Peñín — plus 97 from Decanter and Robert Parker

Lionel Osmin & Cie Malbec Villa Des Causses 2022 750ml Mevushal and left unaged: the baseFRANCE : SOUTHWEST FRANCE : VIN DE FRANCE ORGANIC : Malbec MED BODIED, BLACKBERRY, DARK PLUM, DRIED HERBS, NEUTRAL OAK The Causses are limestone plateaus above the Lot River valley the same geology that underlies Cahors, France's historic Malbec heartland. Malbec here is savory and structured where Argentine versions run plush and fruit forward; hot days build dark fruit ripeness, cool Pyrenean nights preserve the acidity and the herbal edge that