Despite the phylloxera disaster, the local wine industry was kept in place. But the hybrids used produced only pale copies of the original wines. In 1947, some vintners decided to found the Parnac cooperative winery. Their objective was to restore the Malbec variety, the grape originally used to produce the Cahors black wine. They ended up acquiring seedlings from an estate grower in Bordeaux. The current vineyards originates from these plants.

Unfortunately, in 1956, the frost ruined once again many wine growers from the area. But none of them despaired and all got quickly back to work. The Cahors Wine Brotherhood was created in 1964. In 1971, the Cahors Black Wine was promoted to Controlled Appellation. At the moment, some 4,500 ha can produce Controlled Appellation Cahors wines.