Combel La Serre, Julien Ilbert’s organic Cahors wines

Julien Ilbert (Combel La Serre) is part of a new generation of winemakers who are spearheading the revival of the Cahors appellation with wines of exceptional richness.

Organic viticulture and plot-by-plot selection: each cuvée is crafted with a shared commitment to creating wines that celebrate fruit and freshness, which are supple, aromatically complex and silky.

History of the Combel La Serre estate in Cahors

The Combel La Serre estate is located in Saint-Vincent-Rive-d’Olt, 17 km from Cahors. The vineyard now comprises 26 hectares of vines on the Cournou plateaus, at an altitude of 300 metres, planted mainly in clay-limestone soil. Malbec, the emblematic grape variety of Cahors wines, accounts for a large proportion of

Château de Combel la Serre has been a family-owned estate since 1901. As a mixed-farming estate, it supplied grapes to the cooperative winery for many years. In 1998, Jean-Pierre Ilbert, Julien’s father, decided to leave the cooperative and start making his own wines. Five years later, his son joined him at the estate.

In 2013, they converted the entire estate to organic farming and adopted a plot-by-plot approach to bring out the unique character of each terroir. Julien Ilbert is part of a new generation of winemakers who are spearheading the revival of the Cahors appellation with wines of exceptional richness.