2024 Chǎteau Tour de Gendres Bergerac Rouge 'Cantalouette'

50% Merlot, 25% Malbec, 25% Cabernet Franc. All farming is organic. The vines grow on limestone bedrock over a layer of clay. Destemmed and fermented with native yeasts. stainless steel vats, with a 20 day maceration period. Filtration is minimal. No SO² during the vinification and bottling process- zero/zero! 12.5% alcohol. 

This is a juicy, fruity wine that has red fruit flavors and bright acidity. The wine, with its red berry and pepper notes, sings with freshness and a bright balance. There are some bass notes of dried herbs and chocolate under all the vibrancy. It’s still wrapped up pretty tightly with tannin and acid, so give this an hour’s decant to let the aromatics and flavors to unfold. Can be drunk slightly chilled.

Château Tour des Gendres is a 75 acre wine estate located in Ribagnac in the heart of the Bergerac appellation and managed today by Gilles and Margaux de Conti. Its story begins with Primo de Conti, farmer and son of Italian immigrants, who planted a few vines in Ribagnac. By taking over his father’s vines, Luc de Conti created Château Tour des Gendres in 1981 and developed it to become one of the flagship estates of Bergerac. When their father retired and after wandering their separate ways, siblings Gilles and Margaux de Conti finally took over the family torch in 2022, to give new impetus to the estate with lots of new ideas! A precursor of his time and despite opposition, Luc de Conti began working in organic farming in 1996 and was finally certified in 2009. Gilles and Margaux planted Savagnin in 2017, a grape variety that still does not exist in Bergerac.