La Cave des Nomades La Source Du Nahual 2018
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| Management number | 253563429 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$20.80 | Model Number | 253563429 | ||
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La Source du Nahual is a dry red from José Carvalho Moreira, a Portuguese-born winemaker who set up his 3-hectare micro-estate in Banyuls-sur-Mer on the Côte Vermeille, the final stretch of the Pyrenees before they meet the Mediterranean. His vines grow on steep schist slopes above the village, the same dramatic terrain responsible for Banyuls' fortified wines, though Zé makes his wines dry and unfortified, bottled as Vin de France. Each cuvée is a micro-production of between 300 and 1,200 bottles.
The estate holds 12 parcels planted predominantly with low-yielding old vines of Grenache Noir, Carignan Noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Merlot, among other varieties. Farming is biodynamic with no pesticides or herbicides. In the cellar, Zé adds no sulfites and does not fine or filter his wines. Vessels are chosen intuitively each vintage from stainless steel, old barrels, and amphorae of various sizes, with each parcel vinified separately before blending decisions are made.
The label, like all Cave des Nomades bottles, is printed on cork — a nod to Zé's upbringing in Portugal — and features artwork by artist Katja Stroph. The wine names are drawn from an imaginary universe of nomadic stories that Zé has been building since his first vintage in 2014.
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