Comments on: The Malbec of Cahors, Vive La Difference! http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/ Wine Blog Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:57:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Admin, Ken Payton http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-59224 Admin, Ken Payton Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:49:54 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-59224 Thank you, Ms. Sevenich. With any luck my write-ups will do the area and your imagination justice. Salud! Thank you, Ms. Sevenich. With any luck my write-ups will do the area and your imagination justice. Salud!

]]> By: Julia Sevenich http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-59223 Julia Sevenich Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:41:47 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-59223 Great article. This really makes me want to explore Cahors more deeply! Unfortunately I will not be able to make it to this year's Malbec Days in May. Wish I could! Great article. This really makes me want to explore Cahors more deeply! Unfortunately I will not be able to make it to this year’s Malbec Days in May. Wish I could!

]]> By: Domaine Les Roques de Cana http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-59047 Domaine Les Roques de Cana Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:06:10 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-59047 Dear Sir, I have the pleasure to announce you that two of our wines were outdone at : - The International Exhibition for Agriculture Competition 2010 : - "Le Graal Sanctus 2007" Gold medal - "Le vin des Noces 2008" Silver medal Kind regards, Didier Guyard - sales manager (00 33) 634 089 237 guyarddidier@neuf.fr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To download the file "press release", please click the following link or copy in your browser : https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3xyknceNvlcNjJjOTk0ODQtOTIxMS00OTY0LThmMmEtZDU3YzQyNjU3MTNk&hl=fr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -"Competition of wines of the Southwest 09" : "Vin des noces" 07_Bronze medal -"Sommelier international" 09 : Mr.FAURE-BRAC -"Vin des noces" 07_3 hearts -"Féminalise le concours" 09 : "Vin des noces" 07 _ Silver medal -"International challenge of the wine" 09_"Vin des noces"07_Silver medal -"Guide Hachette des vins 2010" - Selection of "Vin des Noces" 07 -"Le Point: Special Wines review" (3 sept 09) : "Sanguis Christi" 2007 obtained the note of 18/20, First in his millesime (selection on 120 wines sampled blind). -"Malbec International Edition" 09 : "sanguis Christi "07 _ Silver medal Dear Sir,
I have the pleasure to announce you that two of our wines were outdone at :

- The International Exhibition for Agriculture Competition 2010 :
- “Le Graal Sanctus 2007″ Gold medal
- “Le vin des Noces 2008″ Silver medal

Kind regards,

Didier Guyard – sales manager
(00 33) 634 089 237
guyarddidier@neuf.fr

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To download the file “press release”, please click the following link or copy in your browser :
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3xyknceNvlcNjJjOTk0ODQtOTIxMS00OTY0LThmMmEtZDU3YzQyNjU3MTNk&hl=fr

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-”Competition of wines of the Southwest 09″ : “Vin des noces” 07_Bronze medal
-”Sommelier international” 09 : Mr.FAURE-BRAC -”Vin des noces” 07_3 hearts
-”Féminalise le concours” 09 : “Vin des noces” 07 _ Silver medal
-”International challenge of the wine” 09_”Vin des noces”07_Silver medal
-”Guide Hachette des vins 2010″ – Selection of “Vin des Noces” 07
-”Le Point: Special Wines review” (3 sept 09) : “Sanguis Christi” 2007 obtained the note of 18/20, First in his millesime (selection on 120 wines sampled blind).
-”Malbec International Edition” 09 : “sanguis Christi “07 _ Silver medal

]]> By: Admin, Ken Payton http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-58761 Admin, Ken Payton Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:12:13 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-58761 Thank you, Joe. I hope to see you there! Thank you, Joe. I hope to see you there!

]]> By: 1WineDude http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-58760 1WineDude Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:09:10 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-58760 GREAT write-up, and this has me STOKED to attend the Malbec Days event in Cahors later this year! GREAT write-up, and this has me STOKED to attend the Malbec Days event in Cahors later this year!

]]> By: Admin, Ken Payton http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-58732 Admin, Ken Payton Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:12:12 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-58732 Thank you for the comment. The proper names of the grape, multiple regionally, are thankfully manageable! In his Atlas Oz Clarke writes "The Cahors AOC [...] concentrates on one single wine [...] made largely from the Malbec grape, here called the Cot or Auxerrois." In Robinson's Oxford Companion to Wine, she writes under the Cahors entry, "Cahors [...] produc[es] exclusively red wine, uniquely dependent on the Malbec or Cot grape." She doesn't even mention Auxerrois as a synonym! This is curious because in her Vines, Grapes and Wines book, in the Other Varieties of France, Bordeaux sub-section, she begins with Cot and writes, "On the higher rugged limestone vineyards of Cahors, Cot, or Auxerrois as they so confusingly call it...." She then lists the following synonyms: "Malbec, Malbeck (Medoc); Noir de Pressac, Pressac (St. Emilion); Auxerrois (Cahors); Cahors, Pied Rouge, Jacobain, Grifforin (rest of France)". Tom Stevenson, in his Southeby's Wine Encyclopedia Cahors AOC entry mentions only Malbec. Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson write in their World Atlas of Wine, "Cahors [...] depends, for its soul and flavour on grape known here as Côt...". Andrew Jefford, on the other hand, speaks only of Auxerrois in his Cahors section of The New France! While the Cahors section of the Hachette Atlas of French Wines and Vineyards, beginning under the title <em>The glorious Auxerrois</em>, writes "The principal unifying factor of the vineyards is the Auxerrois grape variety, usually called Côt, or Malbec in Bordeaux, Pressac in Libourne and Pied-Rouge in Lot-et-Garonne." Confused yet!   Interestingly, in the official literature of the UIVC they write, "One main grape variety with a strong personality: Malbec (also known as Côt)..... It is generally agreed upon that the Malbec grape varitey originates from Southwest France, more precisely from Quercy and the vineyard of Cahors, region where it is <em>usually</em> [emphasis added] called Auxerrois.... In the Loire Valley, it is called Côt. It is also called Mauzat, Soumancigne, Grifforin, Vesparol and Prolongeau, depending upon the region."   And on the International Malbec Days website we read "So many local names for the same grape… Auxerrois in Quercy and Cahors where it originates, but also Pressac, Noir de Pressac or Gros Noir, Cot in the Loire Valley and Malbec in Bordeaux."   I am certainly am aware of the use of Auxerrois, and Mr. Strang may well be right, but in order to avoid writing long explanatory paragraphs (such as this one!) I chose to go with the preponderance of expert opinion near at hand. Paul Strang's book, by the way, is excellent. Thank you for the comment. The proper names of the grape, multiple regionally, are thankfully manageable! In his Atlas Oz Clarke writes “The Cahors AOC [...] concentrates on one single wine [...] made largely from the Malbec grape, here called the Cot or Auxerrois.” In Robinson’s Oxford Companion to Wine, she writes under the Cahors entry, “Cahors [...] produc[es] exclusively red wine, uniquely dependent on the Malbec or Cot grape.” She doesn’t even mention Auxerrois as a synonym! This is curious because in her Vines, Grapes and Wines book, in the Other Varieties of France, Bordeaux sub-section, she begins with Cot and writes, “On the higher rugged limestone vineyards of Cahors, Cot, or Auxerrois as they so confusingly call it….” She then lists the following synonyms: “Malbec, Malbeck (Medoc); Noir de Pressac, Pressac (St. Emilion); Auxerrois (Cahors); Cahors, Pied Rouge, Jacobain, Grifforin (rest of France)”. Tom Stevenson, in his Southeby’s Wine Encyclopedia Cahors AOC entry mentions only Malbec. Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson write in their World Atlas of Wine, “Cahors [...] depends, for its soul and flavour on grape known here as Côt…”. Andrew Jefford, on the other hand, speaks only of Auxerrois in his Cahors section of The New France! While the Cahors section of the Hachette Atlas of French Wines and Vineyards, beginning under the title The glorious Auxerrois, writes “The principal unifying factor of the vineyards is the Auxerrois grape variety, usually called Côt, or Malbec in Bordeaux, Pressac in Libourne and Pied-Rouge in Lot-et-Garonne.” Confused yet!
 
Interestingly, in the official literature of the UIVC they write, “One main grape variety with a strong personality: Malbec (also known as Côt)….. It is generally agreed upon that the Malbec grape varitey originates from Southwest France, more precisely from Quercy and the vineyard of Cahors, region where it is usually [emphasis added] called Auxerrois…. In the Loire Valley, it is called Côt. It is also called Mauzat, Soumancigne, Grifforin, Vesparol and Prolongeau, depending upon the region.”
 
And on the International Malbec Days website we read “So many local names for the same grape… Auxerrois in Quercy and Cahors where it originates, but also Pressac, Noir de Pressac or Gros Noir, Cot in the Loire Valley and Malbec in Bordeaux.”
 
I am certainly am aware of the use of Auxerrois, and Mr. Strang may well be right, but in order to avoid writing long explanatory paragraphs (such as this one!) I chose to go with the preponderance of expert opinion near at hand. Paul Strang’s book, by the way, is excellent.

]]> By: Anonymous http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-58729 Anonymous Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:27:41 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-58729 Sounds like a wonderful tasting. I am envious! A minor correction: I belive that the grape was historically known as malbec or auxerois in the Sud Ouest, and have never seen a reference there to it as côt. This is confirmed in Paul Strang's book. "South-West France, the Wines and Winemakers." Further north in the Loire, it is never referred as malbec, but always as côt, and wines that contain it are often varietally labelled "côt." Oddly enough, in the Loire the grape known as auxerois is= a white grape (aka menu pineau) completely unrelated to malbec/côt. To complicate matters further, when you taste Cahors malbec and, let's say, a côt from Clos Roche Blanche, it's hard to accept that they're even the same variety! Sounds like a wonderful tasting. I am envious! A minor correction: I belive that the grape was historically known as malbec or auxerois in the Sud Ouest, and have never seen a reference there to it as côt. This is confirmed in Paul Strang’s book. “South-West France, the Wines and Winemakers.” Further north in the Loire, it is never referred as malbec, but always as côt, and wines that contain it are often varietally labelled “côt.” Oddly enough, in the Loire the grape known as auxerois is= a white grape (aka menu pineau) completely unrelated to malbec/côt. To complicate matters further, when you taste Cahors malbec and, let’s say, a côt from Clos Roche Blanche, it’s hard to accept that they’re even the same variety!

]]> By: Admin, Ken Payton http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-58656 Admin, Ken Payton Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:07:49 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-58656 You are exactly right, Scott, on both points. The Cahors tasting made abundantly clear to me that having so very few of their malbecs available in the states does a disservice to our wider wine culture. Thanks for the comment. You are exactly right, Scott, on both points. The Cahors tasting made abundantly clear to me that having so very few of their malbecs available in the states does a disservice to our wider wine culture. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Scott http://reignofterroir.com/2010/03/17/the-malbec-of-cahors-vive-la-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-58654 Scott Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:56:38 +0000 http://reignofterroir.com/?p=3614#comment-58654 Very nice write up on a region I have no exposure to. As someone fairly new to wine, I see a striking difference when wines with realitively low distribution in the U.S. are 'compared' to the same varietal from other regions. For example, I do not see Chablis and California Chardonnay get compared with critics saying one is vastly superior to the other. Or even Alsace Riesling versus Washington Riesling. So from my less than educated point of view, I wonder if this misguided comparison is directly due to our lack of access to these wines in the U.S. Very nice write up on a region I have no exposure to. As someone fairly new to wine, I see a striking difference when wines with realitively low distribution in the U.S. are ‘compared’ to the same varietal from other regions. For example, I do not see Chablis and California Chardonnay get compared with critics saying one is vastly superior to the other. Or even Alsace Riesling versus Washington Riesling. So from my less than educated point of view, I wonder if this misguided comparison is directly due to our lack of access to these wines in the U.S.

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