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Malbec is a black, mellow grape variety originally grown in France, in the Loire Valley and Cahors. Long known as one of the six grapes used in the blending of red Bordeaux wine, it is increasingly celebrated as an Argentine varietal wine. It is also grown on Long Island New York and in the cooler regions of California. It has an extensive listing of synonyms, currently more than two hundred.[citation needed] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 680 pixel, file size: 126 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo by IanL. Taken at the Robert Mondavi Winery in Rutherford, California (in the Napa Valley), August 30, 2004. ...
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Cahors is a town in Western France in the Lot département. ...
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Cahors is a town in Western France in the Lot département. ...
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Cahors is a town in Western France in the Lot département. ...
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Description
The Malbec grape is a thin skinned grape and needs more sun and heat than either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot to mature.[1] It is a "midseason ripener and it can bring very deep color, ample tannin, and a particular plum-like flavor component to add complexity to claret blends."[2] As a varietal it creates a rather inky red (or violet), intense wine, so it is also commonly used in blends, such as with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon to create the renowned red French Bordeaux "claret" blend. Other wine regions use the grape to produce Bordeaux-style blends.[3] The grape also needs a high differential between day and evening temperatures, a minimum fluctuation of 27 degrees Fahrenheit in a day.[4] The varietal is sensitive to frost, has a proclivity to shatter or coulure.[2] The grape is also blended with Cabernet franc and Gamay in some regions such as Loire Valley.[5] Old vine Cabernet Sauvignon at Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley. ...
Merlot grapes on the vine. ...
Old vine Cabernet Sauvignon at Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley. ...
Claret is a name used in English for red wine from the Bordeaux region of France, along the valleys of the rivers Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne, including Medoc, Graves and St Emilion. ...
Coulure (pronounced coo-LYUR) is the French word for the result of a metabolic and weather conditions that causes the failure of the grapes to develop after flowering. ...
Cabernet Franc is a red wine grape variety similar to and a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. ...
A California Gamay Gamay is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais. ...
Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Côt in the Loire and or Pressac in other places, the grape became less popular in Bordeaux after 1956 when frost killed off 75% of the crop. However, Malbec continued to be popular in Cahors where it was mixed with Merlot and Tannat to make dark, full-bodied wines, and more recently has been made into 100% malbec wines there. Despite a similar name, the grape Malbec Argente is not Malbec either but rather the southwestern France grape Abouriou.[6] The grape is also confused with Auxerroirs blanc, which is an entirely different variety.[5] Auxerrois is a historical province of France, part of Burgundy. ...
Cahors is a town in Western France in the Lot département. ...
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Merlot grapes on the vine. ...
Tannat grapes before ripening Tannat vines in August Tannat is a red wine grape, predominantly grown in southern France. ...
Abouriou is a red wine grape grown primarily in southwest France and, in small quantities, in California. ...
Regional production Malbec is the dominant red varietal in Cahors where the Appellation Controlée regulations for Cahors require a minimum content of 70%.[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Cahors is a town in Western France in the Lot département. ...
Appellation dOrigine Contrôlée (AOC), which roughly translates as term of origin is the French certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, by the government bureau Institut National des Appellations dOrigine (INAO). ...
Introduced to Argentina by French agricultural engineer Michel Pouget in 1868, Malbec is widely planted in Argentina producing a softer, less-tannic driven variety than the wines of Cahors. The best examples of these wines come from the Argentine region of Mendoza. In Argentina, where Malbec seems to have found a natural home, the grape is used to produce very popular varietal wines. It is now thought that the variety known as Fer in that country is a clone. Although the grape is currently Argentina's premier grape, wine makers tried to remove it from the vineyard. In the 1980s Argentina a "vine pull" program was initiated until there were only 10,000 acres (40 km²) of the grape left. In the 1990s, Malbec's potential and the increase of wine exports from South America saved the grape.[7] Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins. ...
Mendoza is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. ...
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There were once 50,000 hectares planted with Malbec in Argentina; now there are 25,000 hectares. Chile has about 6,000 hectares planted, France 5,300 hectares and California just 45 hectares. In California the grape is used to make Meritage.[3] Malbec is also grown in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, British Columbia and northeastern Italy. Meritage is a word used to distinguish wines that are made in the style of Bordeaux but without infringing on that regions legally protected appellation. ...
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Synonyms Agreste, Auxerrois, Auxerrois De Laquenexy, Auxerrois Des Moines De Picpus, Auxerrois Du Mans, Balouzat, Beran, Blanc De Kienzheim, Cahors, Calarin, Cauli, Costa Rosa, Cot A Queue Verte, Cotes Rouges, Doux Noir, Estrangey, Gourdaux, Grelot De Tours, Grifforin, Guillan, Hourcat, Jacobain, Luckens, Magret, Malbec, Malbek, Medoc Noir, Mouranne, Navarien, Negre De Prechac, Negrera, Noir De Chartres, Noir De Pressac, Noir Doux, Nyar De Presak, Parde, Perigord, Pied De Perdrix, Pied Noir, Pied Rouge, Pied Rouget, Piperdy, Plant D'Arles, Plant De Meraou, Plant Du Roi, Prechat, Pressac, Prunieral, Quercy, Queue Rouge, Quille De Coy, Romieu, Teinturin, Terranis, Vesparo, [8] Côt, Plant du Lot.
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External links
References - ^ http://www.cellarnotes.net/malbec_grape.html
- ^ a b c http://www.winepros.org/wine101/grape_profiles/malbec.htm
- ^ a b http://wine.appellationamerica.com/grape-varietal/Malbec.html
- ^ http://www.dallassecretwine.com/malbec.html
- ^ a b http://www.epicurious.com/drinking/wine_dictionary/entry?id=7052
- ^ J. Robinson Vines, Grapes & Wines pg 204 Mitchell Beazley 1986 ISBN 1-85732-999-6
- ^ http://www.invinoveritas.com/bestof/malbec.shtml
- ^ Maul, E.; Eibach, R. (1999-06-00). Vitis International Variety Catalogue. Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV) of the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), Deichmanns Aue 29, 53179 Bonn, Germany. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
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