Cahors is a red wine made from grapes grown in or around the town of Cahors in the Lot department of southern France. Cahors is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) associated with part of the South West France wine-region. The dominant grape variety in AOC Cahors wines, Malbec must make up a minimum of 70% of the wine. Winemakers may supplement the Malbec with up to 30% Merlot and/or Tannat. Marketers may use the designation AOC Cahors only for red wines - they distribute the white and rosé wine produced in the same area under the designation Vin de Pays du Lot instead.
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Cahors is an appellation in South West France, France. Its rules allow Malbec. We track 102 of its wines in stock at 41 shops, from 17 wine houses, from € 8.50; mostly red.
- Country
- France
- Region
- South West France
- Grapes allowed
- Malbec
- In our wines
- Malbec, Merlot, Tannat, Auxerrois, Sauvignon Blanc
- Styles
- Red 97 · White 5
- Prices
- from € 8.50 · median € 24.00 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +5.3 °C · 2,381 GDD · 32 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 28.00 | € 28.00 | – | hotdrydry harvest +2.3 °C · 2,012 GDD · 40 % rain |
| 2024 | 4 | € 19.40 | € 20.25 | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,533 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2023 | 12 | € 9.90 | € 20.73 | 93.0 (1 wine) | hot +2.3 °C · 2,008 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2022 | 18 | € 10.30 | € 20.75 | – | hotdry +2.8 °C · 2,127 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2021 | 2 | € 15.40 | € 26.80 | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,414 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2020 | 18 | € 9.20 | € 27.65 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,631 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2019 | 7 | € 8.50 | € 29.84 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,682 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2018 | 4 | € 14.50 | € 18.74 | – | hotdry harvest +1.1 °C · 1,750 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2017 | 2 | € 21.24 | € 18.99 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,598 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2016 | 4 | € 18.50 | € 25.12 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,459 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2015 | 2 | € 15.90 | € 37.93 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,639 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,538 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 73.45 | € 73.45 | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,357 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 50.99 | € 50.99 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,551 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.9 °C · 1,703 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,344 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,574 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,275 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,383 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | hotwet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,735 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,667 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,585 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +2.3 °C · 2,003 GDD · 64 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,533 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,464 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,538 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,555 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,361 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,541 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,255 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,445 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,425 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,279 GDD · 162 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,409 GDD · 152 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,611 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.6 °C · 1,877 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,667 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,401 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,550 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,516 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,405 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.8 °C · 1,140 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 1,342 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,344 GDD · 135 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Cahors's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Château du Cèdre 16 · Cosse et Maisonneuve 7 · Clos de Gamot 6 · Fabien Jouves 6 · Château Gautoul 5 · L'Ostal 4 · Château de Cayx 3 · Château Vincens 3 · Didier Pelvillain 3 · Vignobles Sigaud 2 · Château Haut-Monplaisir 2 · Crocus 2 · 37420 Sas Benoit Aymard - Clos d'Audhuy 2 · Château la Caminade 1 · Cayx 1 · Mas del Périé - Fabien Jouves 1