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This powerful wine is deep coloured with concentrated black fruits along with notes of violets and prunes. It is still tight in the finish and ideally needs a little more time in bottle. Côt, otherwise known as Malbec outside the Loire, is the most successful red variety in terms of quality in eastern Touraine, especially in the Cher Valley and around Amboise. It ages well but it is easily affected by poor weather during flowering. There are a few parcels of Côt that are now well over 100 years old. Cent Visages comes from a 2.5ha parcel of 50-year-old Côt. Jean-François Mérieau uses micro-bullage, a technique he would have learnt when working for Patrick Ducournau, to soften Côt's tannins.

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Jean-François Mérieau, Cent Visages, Touraine, Loire, France, 2020

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This powerful wine is deep coloured with concentrated black fruits along with notes of violets and prunes. It is still tight in 

Jean-François Mérieau, Cent Visages, Touraine, Loire, 2020

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