Le site officiel du Château Paillas, vin AOC Cahors : Millésime 2000

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Name :
CHATEAU PAILLAS

Vintage :
2000

Vineyard location :
A.O.C CAHORS
South West France

Type of wine :
red still wine

Alcohol :
12 % by vol

VINEYARD

Soil :
clay and limestone

Exposition :
plateau. Slope to the South

Density of planting :
4545 per hectare

Grape varieties :
90 % MALBEC
10 % MERLOT

Age of wine stocks when harvested :
24 years

HARVEST / WINEMAKING

Harvest :
Mechanical

Yield :
60 hl/ha

Ageing :
18 months in stainless steel
no oak

TASTING

A garnet red robe, a deep concentrated nose of red ripened fruits, a rich fruity mouth, with smooth tannins, very well balanced until the final.

2000

REWARDS

SILVER Mention
Sélections Mondiales des vins
Canada - 2007

Prix d’Excellence
21ième Vinalies Nationales
2003

GOLD Medal
Concours Général Agricole
Paris - 2002

EXTRACTS FROM WINE BOOKS

« …No roughness for this smooth Cahors, excellent to drink from now…»
GERBELLE & MAURANGE - 2007

82/100
« …Dark appearance, with young tints. A deep nose, with black fruits, spices and precious wood. As to taste, a powerful Cahors wine… »
Guide GILBERT & GAILLARD - 2005

Premiers grands vins classés
« …really succeeded, very promising. Do not hesitate… »
Patrick DUSSERT-GERBER - 2004

Prix d’Excellence

« …Harmony and density are the key words for describing this very fine wine… »
Guide des vins - 2004

« …L’the prototype of the sincere wine… »
Guide HUBERT

Pierre CASAMAYOR - 2002

« …Supple but definitly natural and without any oak ageing. It gives more pleasure to drink than some famous Cahors… »
La revue du vin de France
Michel BETTANE - 2002