Lunch with Cahors wines and truffle

Friday, January 25. 2008

The Cahors winemakers received the international press yesterday in the restaurant "Le Taste Monde" in Paris.

About 25 different wines from the 2005 vintage were tasted by the press in the design lounge of the restaurant: Château les Croisille "Divin Croisille", Château Haut-Monplaisir, Domaine du Prince "Lou Prince", Château Eugénie "Haute Collection", Château la Caminade "Esprit" et "Commandery", Château Lamartine "Expression", Château la Reyne "Vent d'Ange", Château du Cèdre "Le Cèdre", Château de Chambert "Orphée", Le Clos d'un Jour "Un Jour...", Domaine Le Bout du Lieu "Empyrée", Clos Trotteligote "CQFD", Domaine Bérangeraie, Château des Roches "Le Serment", Château Lagrezette "Le Pigeonnier", Croix du Mayne, Métaierie Grande du Théron, Domaine des Colombiers, Domaine de la Pineraie et Château Bergon-Deltour (Château Les Roques de Cana).

After the tasting, a wonderful lunch was served in the main dining room of the elegant restaurant, next to its wine store dedicated to international wines in the heart of Paris.

On each table, two or three bottles of the wines served at the tasting were placed to enjoy with the food. The first course was a truffle risotto: Pierre Sourzat, a leading truffle producer in the Cahors region, had brought a black truffle full of aromas of strawberry and earth. Cahors wine and truffle are a winning match!

Hardly recovered from the shock of such a match, the guests were presented with a piece of grilled duck in an "espelette" juice, matched with a "croustillant" of potatoes and shitake mushrooms. The subtle but powerful taste of the mushrooms paired beautifully with the duck and a glass of "CQFD".

And dessert... we faced delicate but powerful banana, apple and chocolate fingersticks! What wine should one choose for such a match? We had a vast choice and we could not agree on what pairing was the best.

This gorgeous meal was the proof that Cahors wines are food friendly and a real delight.


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Sounds like a wonderful tasting I wish I had been invited as it would make great copy Wine & Dine is read in 92 countries so we spread the word everywhere. As owner and editor of winedine I was invited to the Argentine to judge their wines. It is good news to know you are getting close together. Hurrah for Malbec.
#1 Antony Le Ray-Cook (Link) on 2008-01-25 17:09 (Reply)

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