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Eugenie Cahors Tradition Etiquette Noire 2017

Château Eugénie 2011 Tradition Cahors | 12.5% | 80% Malbec and 20% Merlot | Here near Albas along the River Lot in France’s southwest, the Couture family diligently tend these terraced chalky clay hillsides and sandy clay terraces as has been done since 1470. That’s right: Cahors has been raising Malbec into big, ripe dark fruited age-worthy red for nearly 550 years. What will become Argentina was at this point under the Inca Empire. Not for another 46 years would navigator Juan Díaz de Solís of Spain set foot as the first European explorer on what was then called Rio de la Plata. Argentina would not be an independent nation for 355 years when these terraces were planted and all parcels planted to the vine. This certainly puts some perspective on who wrote the book on Malbec and while Argentina is enjoying a delicious chapter in our time, Cahors is the headwaters and to many the variety’s spiritual home. Now the fragrant sandalwood and blackberry, thick skinned blueberry and black currants come through in full force with a velvety texture and a structure of ripe thick skinned fruit. A Malbec according to Cahors.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, July 8, 2014 (Flower)

Food Pairings

Fajitas, chili, spicy foods. Indian or Mexican. Beef, lamb or pork most anyway but especially on the grill. Burgers and sausages.

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