Clos La Coutale

Cahors Merlot

8.828 ratings
9.03 pro ratings
Cahors, Southwest France, France
Malbec
Tomato-Based, Beef, Potato, Venison, White Rice, Pork, Chili & Hot Spicy, Pungent Cheese, Salami & Prosciutto, Mushrooms, Pasta, Hard Cheese, Lamb, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Dan R
8.9

Pleasant, good value Malbec (85% with 15% Merlot) with raspberry, dark plum, cocoa and pencil lead notes on a firm spine. Good focus and energy here, and quite food friendly to boot.

Pleasant, good value Malbec (85% with 15% Merlot) with raspberry, dark plum, cocoa and pencil lead notes on a firm spine. Good focus and energy here, and quite food friendly to boot.

Feb 7th, 2021
Peter van den Besselaar

Vintage 2017 | Bought more of this wine, incredible nice. Raspberry smell. Very fine weekday wine.

Vintage 2017 | Bought more of this wine, incredible nice. Raspberry smell. Very fine weekday wine.

Dec 15th, 2020
Peter van den Besselaar

Vintage 2017 / pieuwh, quite a surprise! Nothing heavy and black, just frivolous raspberry. Juicy. Quaffable. 85% cot/malbec and 15% merlot. Great effort. Wednesday - Meatballsday (15)

Vintage 2017 / pieuwh, quite a surprise! Nothing heavy and black, just frivolous raspberry. Juicy. Quaffable. 85% cot/malbec and 15% merlot. Great effort. Wednesday - Meatballsday (15)

Feb 19th, 2020
Hernan Hernandez

Second day, the wine opened up really well.

Second day, the wine opened up really well.

Jan 10th, 2021
Todd Stone

Dark garnet with some red fruit on the nose. Smooth at first, then some acidity & light tannins come out. Plum, cherry & maybe some strawberry. Pretty good-

Dark garnet with some red fruit on the nose. Smooth at first, then some acidity & light tannins come out. Plum, cherry & maybe some strawberry. Pretty good-

Oct 5th, 2020
Jim Laing

Good with a little spicy bite

Good with a little spicy bite

Jul 5th, 2020
Nathan Renfro

Smooth, light fruit. Light.

Smooth, light fruit. Light.

Jun 27th, 2020
Eli Barton

Haven’t had a Malbec in a long time but this was pretty decent.

Haven’t had a Malbec in a long time but this was pretty decent.

Apr 13th, 2020
Carter White

Fruit forward, structured, with a hint of that Cahors funk. Aggressive flavors.

Fruit forward, structured, with a hint of that Cahors funk. Aggressive flavors.

Feb 2nd, 2020
Konrad Ziegler

At the Brick Store Pub in Decatur

At the Brick Store Pub in Decatur

Dec 4th, 2019