The Winery Crocus of Cahors of South West

Winery Crocus - Grand Vin Malbec de Cahors
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West

The Winery Crocus is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Crocus wines

Looking for the best Winery Crocus wines in Cahors among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Crocus wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Crocus wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Crocus

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Crocus

How Winery Crocus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of stuffed zucchini, tajine with 2 meats and preserved lemons or chicken drumstick with bacon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Crocus

On the nose the red wine of Winery Crocus. often reveals types of flavors of earth, savory or licorice and sometimes also flavors of minerality, blueberry or dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Crocus. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Crocus

  • 2011With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Crocus.

  • Malbec

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 other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Crocus

Planning a wine route in the of Cahors? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Crocus.

Discover the grape variety: Monerac

Monerac noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Monerac noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Crocus and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

Guigal has acquired Château d’Aqueria for an undisclosed fee in a deal that adds to a sense of fresh dynamism in the historic vineyards of Tavel, a rosé-only appellation that lies on the west bank of the Rhône river in southern France. Marcel Guigal, son of Guigal domaine founder Etienne, said, ‘Our family is delighted to join the Tavel appellation and to participate in the promotion of this great gastronomic rosé.’ Château d’Aqueria. Photo credit: Courtesy of E. Guigal. The purchase puts ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

The word of the wine: R-M (champagne)

Harvesting and handling. It is the artisan winemaker. He elaborates his own champagne, often a monocru representative of the village or the surrounding villages.