Comments on: Cahors & Argentina working together on Malbec

By: Lar

Lar — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:48:17 +0000

Hi Felipe,

thanks for stopping by and for leaving the comment.

I like the Clos de Gamot and the Cedre.

The Théron is also a pretty good one too.

By: felipe

felipe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:39:22 +0000

I started holidaying near Cahors a few years back and thought the wine was so so. Now, after a lot of practice I’m thoroughly convinced. The Cedre Heritage is very good for the price, equally, other entry level wines such as Clos de Gamot can develop great complexity with a few years of bottle age. Another absolute star is the Clos d’un Jour – their ordinary cuvee is around the €8 mark (in France at least) and is a big mouthful of dark chocolate, cream and black cherries. There are a lot of more up-market wines at €18-plus, generally 100pc malbec. These need five years plus, but are super with a well-aged piece of beef or with venison. A real undiscovered gem of a region (I must have 100 bottles stashed around the house)

By: French Malbec

French Malbec — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:54:32 +0000

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By: Elke

Elke — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:37:43 +0000

Hey Lar,

Cool, might go for it if Austin has it in stock tomorrow. Will let you know how I liked it. Enjoy your weekend

By: Lar

Lar — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:33:04 +0000

Hi Elke, have tried the Clos Triguedina. See previous post – I really liked it.

By: Elke

Elke — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:48:04 +0000

Will go to see Austin on Saturday. Will see what he got in stock at the market. Will let you how it went down. Have you tried CLOS TRIGUEDINA yet?

By: Lar

Lar — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:50:07 +0000

Hi Elke,

if you’re in Cork, try Julian in Bubble Brothers for Cahors.

Lar

By: Elke

Elke — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:06:17 +0000

I do agree that Malbec from Argentina is softer on the palette than the French one. Said that, I mostly prefer French wines to any other…but that’s me and my old habits…Will have a look out for Cahors here in Cork.