La Forge Estate
Cabernet Sauvignon
Jean-Claude Mas, first-generation winemaker, fourth generation grape grower, and owner of Les Domaines Paul Mas, is a leader in fine winemaking in the Languedoc region of Southern France. Since taking the helm of the family winery in 2000, he has prioritized sourcing the highest quality grapes from twelve privately-owned estates and premier growers in the Languedoc to make wines of authenticity and refinement. The result is a collection of charming wines that burst forward with the warmth and stunning beauty of the region. La Forge Estate wines symbolize a harmonic fusion in the realm of winemaking—Old World wines with a New World attitude. They are made from carefully selected grapes from the Domaine’s best contracted vineyards. The resulting wines are expressive, bright, and aromatic.
Tasting Notes
Intense and full bodied red berries, red pepper and tobacco notes with cocoa and spicy vanilla. A ripe, full-bodied wine.
Cultivation
Vines grow on clay and limestone soils with gravel.
Vinification
The grapes are destemmed and undergo a cool maceration for ten days with daily pump overs at the beginning of the maceration. The wine is very softly pressed with a pneumatic press and the first pressings are re-blended with the free run wine. Malolactic fermentation occurs in 225 liter oak barrels.
Aging
The wine is aged for six months in oak.
Press
2018:
90 points - James Suckling
APPELLATION
Pays d'Oc IGP
VARIETAL
Cabernet Sauvignon
ABV
14%
ALTITUDE
100 meters
SOIL
Mainly clay and limestone with gravels
PHILOSOPHY
Sustainable
AVERAGE AGE
20-30 years