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Cahors is one of the oldest and yet least known french wines, the red wine of Cahors has a long a distinguished history. Cahors belongs to the Quercy region, a part of France considered by National Geographic and many others to be one of the worlds ‘unspoiled and undiscovered earthly paradises’ Cahors is the homeland of the Malbec grape introduced most probably by the romans 2000 years ago. The vineyards of Cahors have twenty centuries of history behind them: the Renaissance poet Clement Marot, Pope John XXII, Francois I and Henry IV have all been its ambassadors. Mass wine for the Russian Orthodox Church, or sovereign remedy for Tsar Peter the Great, Cahors wine has come down to us over the centuries. After the dramatic slump in its fortunes caused by phylloxera in the years 1883-1885, in 1971 it was awarded AOC status for its 4200 hectares The resurrection of Cahors as a quality wine was largely due to the work of those who, through hard work and skill, managed to recreate the essential alchemy of the original grape varieties. This insistence on quality spread throughout the AOC zone, enabling the wine to recover it’s former excellence. (source: www.frenchentree.com)

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