Up this week is a wine from Cahors, Chatons du Cèdre 2000, €9.49

Chatons du Cedre

Apparently, all the “value” in French wine is outside the well know regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy. Cahors is one such region. Though I’ve never been anywhere near there, according to the map below it’s just slightly southeast of Bordeaux.

Cahors on a map

What does the label say?

Les vignes produisant les Chaton du Cèdre sont situées sur les meilleurs coteaux de l’appellation Cahors.

Ce vin de robe pourpre offre des parfums mûrs et complexes de petits fruit rouges. La bouche souple charnue est ronde avec des tannins mûrs bien fondus.

Composé de 80% de Malbec et 20% de Merlot, il peut boire jeune ou vieillir délicatement cinq ans.

Dégusté à 17 degrees, il accompagne avec délicatesse viandes rouges, gibiers, foies gras et fromage.

Though my French is reasonable, just for the craic, I thought I’d run the above through Babelfish. Here’s what it spat out:

The vines producing the Kittens of the Cedar are located on the best slopes of Cahors name.

This wine of dress crimson offers ripe and complex perfumes of small fruit reds. The flexible mouth charnue is round with quite molten ripe tannins.

Composed of 80% from Malbec and 20% of Merlot, it can drink young person or age five years delicately.

Tasted with 17 degrees, it accompanies with delicacy red meats, game, foie gras and cheese.

Apart from “molten tannins” or a “drink young person”, it’s not a bad effort. Well done t’internet.

Thanks for the French lesson, but is Chatons du Cèdre any good?

A really great wine, regardless of price. Very fruity, smooth and rich with no alcohol kick at the end. It’s a really dark wine, made from 80% Malbec (the grape a lot of Argentinian reds are made from) and 20% Merlot.

The details

  • Chatons du Cedre 2000 (Selected & bottled by SARL “Le Cedre Diffusion”)
  • Price: €9.49
  • Alcohol content: 12.5%
  • Where: Enowine, IFSC