The wines of cahors

[Eric_LeVine]

Parker loves Cahors. Snicker…

http://www.wineberserkers.com/viewtopic.php?p=187766#p187766

[Hank_Gillespie]

@Zachary Ross

Here’s a list of good Cahors worth seeking out, IMO:

Clos de Gamot
Chateau Cayrou
Clos St. Jean (the ne plus ultra, also made by the Jouffreaus)
Chateau de Gaudou (1733, Tradition, and Renaissance are all great)
Chateau Les Hauts d’Aglan (the upper cuvee here, “Cuvee A,” is superb)
Cedre Heritage (or “Le Cedre” from older vintages)
Clos Triguedina (basic cuvee, or MUCH older vintages of Prince Probus)
Cosse-Maisonneuve (very good)
Château de Haute-Serre
Chateau Lamartine (lesser cuvees)
Clos la Coutale

Curious why you didn’t include Chateau Lamartine’s Expression Cuvee, Zachary. It’s their top cuvee at Chateau Lamartine and the 2006 vintage
Expression is one of the best Cahors wines and certainly rivals some of the best from Argentina.

Hank

[Michel_Abood]

@Eric LeVine

Parker loves Cahors. Snicker…

http://www.wineberserkers.com/viewtopic.php?p=187766#p187766

I think you’re looking for this:

[Zachary_Ross]

@Hank Gillespie

Curious why you didn’t include Chateau Lamartine’s Expression Cuvee, Zachary. It’s their top cuvee at Chateau Lamartine and the 2006 vintage Expression is one of the best Cahors wines and certainly rivals some of the best from Argentina.

I’m was not terribly fond of the one bottle of Expression I tried (I forget which vintage), nor do I care for most Malbecs from Argentina, for the same reason: too much oak.

[Stuart_BeauneHead_Niemtzow]

I think that at least since WW II, the “black wine” thing has been a romantic concept…that many wineries cite, but that no one, including the Clos Gamot (arguably the top wine) really make. It is a nice area to visit and taste…what the French in the Dordogne have learned from the Argentinians… about Malbec (which they call Cot, and the wisdom is came from Burgundy).