Cahors (Cah-ORE) - Southwestern French wine region, not far from Bordeaux, best known for inky-dark red wines made from the Malbec grape.
Cahors
Grapes are harvested in the Lot and in the Bergerac, around the town of . It is a very powerful red wine, often harsh when it is young but remarkable after a few years in bottle.
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A Cahors château and vineyard
Terroir refers to the unique combination of natural factors associated with any particular vineyard.
Malbec, a red wine grape grown in Bordeaux, Cahors, parts of the Loire and notably Argentina, where Basque emmigrants took it with them.
It's called Cõt in Cahors, where it's the most widely planted grape, or Auxerrois in other regions of France.
It is known in much of France as Cõt, and, in Cahors, also as Auxerrois. There are in fact hundreds of local synonyms, since Malbec at one time was widely planted all over the country.
AUXERROIS: French local name for the Malbec, aka Cõt red wine grape species grown in the Cahors region of France and also, confusingly, ...
Its origin is from France, near Cahors, and was introduced to Argentina in the mid-19th century. The irony is that the grape in France is a minor grape of the plebian class thrown in to a Bordeaux wine as an afterthought as a softening character.
a Côt red wine grape species grown in the Cahors region of France and also, confusingly, ...
Malbec seems to have its origins in South-Western France near Cahors and was known to be in the Gironde region in the 1780s and then in Touraine.
French local name for the Malbec, aka Cot red wine grape species grown in the Cahors region of France and also, confusingly, ...
It has many synonyms: Cahors , Costa Rossa , Pressac , Auxerrais , Balouzat , Cõt , Noir Doux , Pied de Perdrix , Pied Rouge , Grifforin , Piperdy , Jacobin , Malbec , Malbeck , Monrame .
Also known as, Noir de Pressac, Pressac, Auxerrois, Cahors, Pied Rouge, Jacobain, Grifforin.
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Dark coloured, tangy reds with a hint of boysenberry fruity.
Malbec: Argentina's signature grape; originally a blending grape from Cahors, France. Thrives in Argentina's loose, sandy soil, sun, and cold nights. Deep red color; plums, cherries, and red fruits; sweet tannins; aging potential.
This grape, historically thought of as a minor Bordeaux variety, as well as playing a role in the appellations of the south-west of France, such as Cahors, is behind some of Argentina's top reds.
South of Bordeaux is the region of Cahors where Malbec is the chief grape used in what historically has been called their "black wine." Argentina is the new champion of Malbec, where it is one of the most important grapes planted.
Red-wine grape used as a nominal element of the Bordeaux blend, where its intense color and extract add to the wine's body; also used as primary grape in the inky red wines of Cahors and in some Argentine reds.
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stops some, often present in young red wines rich in tanin and needing to swell.
AUSTERE
It is still said of a wine without bouquet.
AUXERROIS
Lorraine Type of vine giving Alsace-pinot or Alsace-klevner; name also given to the malbec at Cahors.
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