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Born and educated in the sedate southern counties of England, Amanda Lawrence was blessed with pioneering parents who regularly bumped her down the primitive highways and byways of continental Europe. The Quercy was always a favorite halt, slowly working its charms on her until she finally succumbed. Its now where she lives and works as a writer and journalist, overlooking the famous Cahors vineyards. |
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Olivier GEFFROY is an enologist and agronomist, in charge of the communication for the French Wine and Vine Institute, a research center in viticulture and enology located in the South West of France. For 3 years, they have been studying the possibility of producing premium rosé wines from Malbec and the way to optimize the aromatic potential of this variety. According to him, Malbec is definitely a great variety to produce some rosé wines. Who doubts it ?' |
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Tim York would describe himself as "a retired financial executive living in Belgium with a long term interest in wine, classical music and dogs" but he's an active and widely-read poster of tasting notes on forums such as the venerable Wine Lovers Discussion Group. We asked him about his longtime interest in the Malbec grape and Cahors wines. |
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Philippe Lejeune is the owner of Château CHAMBERT, a vineyard of 60 hectares with a long history of nearly 1,000 years. Very ambitious for this gorgeous vineyard located on the very top plateau of the Cahors area, Philippe Lejeune aims at becoming a leader of the appellation leveraging the Malbec grape from mature vines and a great terroir. Wine consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt is instrumental in this quest to excellence. |
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Gary Vaynerchuck is a one-of-a-kind presenter, but make no mistake, behind that hilarious improvisatory style is solid content. This week, Gary V and his podcast Malbec vs Malbec Episode compares two bottles, one French and one from Argentina, both selling for $7.99. His conclusions are interesting. He says that a walk in customer who asked for a bottle of wine at that price level would be more likely to be sold on the Argentina because it's more fruit forward and that is what this kind of customer would expect. However, (to liberally paraphrase Gary, not an easy task) he found the Cahors more "authentic", with a little challenging funkiness that is perfect for the wine lover who is not looking for a jammy, new world taste.
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David Cobbold is a British wine consultant, writer and educator, living in France. He started working in the wine trade in 1983 and created his firm, Connaître et apprécier, in 1996. He currently co-hosts a radio show, In Vino BFM, contributes regular articles to magazines and is the author of several books on wine. David Cobbold tells us why Cahors gives malbec a special accent and why it is good to see a French appellation being creative and innovative. To learn more about David Cobbold: Connaître et apprécier |
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Le Malbec AOC Cahors, invité d’honneur du vignoble argentin “L’Argentine et Cahors sont les deux vignobles mondiaux où ce cépage rouge est le plus répandu” La Newsletter internationale datée de septembre 2008 adressée par l’UIVC aux acheteurs du monde entier “Cahors is one of the best examples of a real adaptation of a grape to the potentiality of its terroir” “Couleurs du Vin Noir”, exposition de peintures réalisées par Isabelle Rivier - Delfau, artiste vigneronne en AOC Cahors Cahors, le roman du vin noir :”à la hauteur de ces vins à forte personnalité”
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