French winemaker, Pierre Gouttenoire, made “black wine” in Cahors. Today you will learn about Malbec from Cahors where the grape comes from.
Contrary to Bordeaux and Burgundy, Cahors is not a region that’s on everybody’s lips.
But Malbec was born in Cahors, and even though little known as a region, its grape is famous thanks to the many plantings in Argentina. An inky grape giving origin to a black wine, Cahors AOC, that you should know about.