Clos d'Audhuy Cahors La-O 2022 NO WINE SEARCHER baked stone fruit

baked stone fruit

more structured wine: sourced from the very oldest vines

and a year in seasoned French oak adds gentle spice without burying the fruit

so the smoke and the agave itself are front and center rather than buried under barrel

Clos d'Audhuy Cahors La-O 2022 NO WINE SEARCHER baked stone fruitLa O is the more polished, more ambitious end of Benot Aymard's range at Clos d'Audhuy. 100% Malbec from his organically and biodynamically farmed parcels around Lacapelle Cabanac, west of the town of Cahors. Where his entry bottling goes for early drinking exuberance, La O is built to last: more depth, more structure, more of the dark fruited intensity Cahors is known for, but framed by Aymard's signature freshness and lift. There's spice, there's