Clos d'Audhuy Cahors La-O 2022 BFCM23FLASH gentle extractions

gentle extractions

and a clear salinity

Pale and energetic on the palate with notes of raspberries

a touch more reduction

then finished for 11 months in California Chardonnay barrels

Clos d'Audhuy Cahors La-O 2022 BFCM23FLASH gentle extractionsLa 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