Top 100 wines of Cahors - Page 8
Discover the top 100 best wines of Cahors of Haut-Pays as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Cahors and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Cahors
The wine region of Cahors is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lagrézette or the Château Lagrézette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cahors are Malbec, Merlot and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tomatoes or toasty and sometimes also flavors of apples, citrus or tropical fruit.
In the mouth of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Cahors, producing 922 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Cahors
wines from the region of Cahors go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of stewed beef heart, duck aiguillettes with basalmic or mullet with onions and white wine.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Cahors
On the nose in the region of Cahors often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or blackberry. In the mouth in the region of Cahors is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The best wines of Cahors in other styles
- The best wines natural sweet of Cahors in other styles
- The best wines other of Cahors in other styles
- The best wines pink of Cahors in other styles
- The best wines red of Cahors in other styles
- The best wines sparkling of Cahors in other styles
- The best wines sweet of Cahors in other styles
- The best wines unknow of Cahors in other styles
- The best wines white of Cahors in other styles