The secret... ? It is the alchemy between the soil, a specific vine and grape growers. Nowhere other than in the Lot valley has the Malbec grape produced wines with such a depth. Our ancestors in the Middle Ages strived to make it even more concentrated by heating some of the grapes in cauldrons. It is not the case any more but Cahors wines continue to be black and defy time. Its intensity and rich...

Several centuries after the decline of the Cahors wines, hedonists are rediscovering a taste for dense and complex wines with elegance and finesse, without so much concentration. Only a handful of varieties can conciliate an inky color with harmonious flavors. The Malbec, symbol of the Lot valley, figures among the rare types of wine producing a real black wine. Cahors is the first appellation to m...

If you are in France in August and missed our wonderful International Malbec Days, you have a chance to catch up: the Cahors Wine Fetsival is happening in Puy-L'Eveque on August 9.Read all the details in frenchduck.com blog!...

In the Middle Ages when cork was unknown, the wines were transported in barrels and could scarcely resist the tests of time. They all ended their journey oxidised and sour, to the extent that water had to be added to make them drinkable. All with the noticeable exception of Cahors wines: they were endowed with a fabulous quality. They did not age and retained intact the freshness of their aromas de...

Zette, the wine launched by the famous Château de Lagrezette, is strongly recommended on a wine blog for its qualities:"JUICY, FULLER-BODIED REDS Zette 2003 Malbec, Cahors | $11 The ground-floor wine from Domaine de Lagrezette, which is looking to put the once-famous "black wines" of Cahors, in the southwest of France, back on the map. A stone bargain, with lush depths of wonderful sappy, rip...