The Winery Terracaë of Cahors of South West

Winery Terracaë - Cahors Malbec
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 383 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Cahors in the region of South West

The Winery Terracaë is one of the best wineries to follow in Cahors.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Cahors to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Terracaë wines

Looking for the best Winery Terracaë wines in Cahors among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Terracaë 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 Terracaë wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Terracaë

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Terracaë

How Winery Terracaë wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, pasta with merguez or pan bagnat.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Terracaë

On the nose the red wine of Winery Terracaë. often reveals types of flavors of earth, black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Terracaë

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • 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 Terracaë

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 Terracaë.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Terracaë 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 ...

Behind LVMH’s Himalayan wine project: the villages of Ao Yun

It’s no easy task to establish a super-premium wine in an entirely new region, particularly when inviting potential retail partners or distributors to the vineyard involves journeying to a distant corner of the Himalayas in the outer reaches of the Yunnan province, southwestern China. For my journey, after four flights from Bordeaux to Shanghai, Chengdu then Shangri-La, it was a four-hour drive up through stunning mountain passes to the foothills (here, that means 2,200m above sea level) of the ...

Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

The word of the wine: Sensory analysis

Technical name of the tasting.