tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35133176941253052512011-12-08T10:10:40.270+01:00Enter the universe of Château Paillas estate and its Cahors Malbec winesChâteau Paillashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15336844320019497418noreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3513317694125305251.post-84606488173744290842010-05-09T23:13:00.003+02:002010-05-09T23:27:44.470+02:00

"Terroir Malbec, Malbecs terroir" is the theme of the 3rd Malbec days which will take place in Cahors May 21st to 23th. One hundred producers of Malbec wines, 150 journalists, 400 professional buyers and 3,500 lovers of great wines from all around the world, will participate this year in the event.General program :A "Conference - International tasting" of the Cahors Malbecs from France and from

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Elizabeth DeHoff, network member of "Palate Press - the online wine magazine", is as she describes herself : "A professional journalist, but in the wine world, I’m strictly an (admittedly enthusiastic) amateur". Anyway, she's trying to develop her senses and take a more thoughtful approach to wine tasting. She blogs on Crushworthy Wines and came to taste Cahors wines during the Cahors malbec Tour

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Terroirs d'Images 2010, 5th Photo Exhibit on Grape and Wine will be held on May 13-16, 2010 in the city of Aigues-Mortes (Camargue, France).This competition brings together the best work from professional and amateur photographers around a different theme each year. In 2009, 1 500 works of art from 140 photographers were entered in competition. 130 exceptional photographs were selected. This year

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If you are living in London and you want to have a good dinner enjoying a good Cahors Malbec wine, here is a selection of restaurants where you will find Château Paillas wines on the wine list.The Palm is a classic American steakhouse legendary for prime aged steaks, jumbo Novia Scotia lobsters, premium fish and heritage Italian entrees, prepared to perfection, using only the highest quality

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New on the Blog : An "entertainment" category to learn or test your knowledge about Cahors wines (and especially Chateau Paillas wines), grape varieties, history, terroir and many other things while having fun...First quiz with main questions about the vineyard and the wine of Cahors, followed next times by other quizzes on topics we talk about on our blog ...If you can't go through some

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After 2nd Malbec days in Argentina at Lujan de Cuyo, the Malbec days are coming back to Cahors on May 2010, 21st to 23th.Three days of tastings, events and meetings devoted to Malbec and particularly to the various terroirs where it finds its best expressions all around the world.Several countries will present their wines, a great opportunity to discover or rediscover different Malbec wines,

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The soil is often mistaken with terroir. It is its most important component because of chemical and physical properties that will determine minerals and water feed of the vine.The soil is the result of the transformation of its parent material by erosion (rain, wind, frost, ..), micro-organisms and organic input of the plants it supports.There are two different types of soil at Chateau Paillas,

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Living in Japan you will now find Chateau Paillas wines available at Belluna's Gourmet !Try our powerful spicy vintage 2005 or complex and aniseed vintage 2002 with Sushi or Sashimi, you will sure enjoy them !

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To celebrate the week of flavor in France, we begin a new series of topics about the taste of Cahors wine by introducing basic flavors.Taste is very cultural, it is highly dependent on dietary habits and tends more and more towards uniformity. For this reason, the week of savor, which is celebrating its 20th year, has among its aims to educate the taste, its diversity, its fun and above all to

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While harvest is completed and fermentations end slowly, we can already say that 2009 has been an exceptional year on a climatic point of view.At a time that we hear more and more about tasting differences between Malbec from Argentina and Malbec from Cahors (see on Dr vino), climate of last months at Chateau Paillas reminds climate of Mendoza, very warm, dry and sunny. The maturity of tannins

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With a beautiful weather and warm temperatures, harvest have begun at chateau Paillas.It's naturally by Merlot yesterday and earliest plots of Malbec today that we will fill our first vats.First feelings after two days: vintage 2009 will be a vintage of concentration and with an exceptional color...

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The choice of harvest time is probably the most important decision for the winegrower. A year of work depends on it, and vintage 2009 will be a compromise. Explanations ...With a technological maturity achieved since mid September, a vine out of breath because of the drought on one side and perfect health, perfect weather for at least another week, but still thick skins on another side, it's hard

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While harvest approaching soon at Chateau Paillas, we saw this afternoon the nuptial flight of thousands of ants.As every year at the same time, often after a rainy day, swarms of queens and males leave their nests to breed and build up new colonies.Ants, such as earthworms, play an important role mixing and aerating the soil. Additionally, by burying organic matter in depth, they help the

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Complement to sugar, acidity and pH analysis made in the laboratory (see our post last year about monitoring of maturation), tasting berries allows to determine the advancement of maturity by estimating aromatic and polyphenolic potential.There are several types of maturity for the grapes including such as physiological maturity indicating that the pips are able to germinate. Unfortunately, this

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The first Cahors Malbec tour is just over and we can already say it's a success considering the enthousiasm of wine professionals about the quality and originality of the Cahors Malbec wines tasted in Boston, Chicago and Washigton DC.More than 100 wine professionals (importers, distributors, restaurant owners, journalists or bloggers) came in each city to taste wines of 28 independant Cahors

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Even if it's too early to tell, we can make an assessment of the weather during summer. Few days before the beginning of harvest, vintage 2009 sounds promising ...But why ? In fact, we had a unusual sunny summer in the Cahors vineyard, far above the mean. Rainfall was limited to a few stormy episodes and month of July and August were particularly warm.If this weather continue, like it seems to

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Bottling of our full of promise Cahors wine Château Paillas 2007 is over.More than 20 months of ageing in stainless steel tanks allowed the wine to be more supple, with melted tannins, and preserved an amazing fruitiness of Malbec for that vintage.The wine will be available for sale in the next few weeks.

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What is Cahors ?Cahors is a small town (about 20.000 people) that gave its name to the Cahors wine.It is located in South West of France, halfway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, about 100 km north from the city of Toulouse and 150 km east from the city of Bordeaux.What kind of landscape can I find around Cahors ?The region of Cahors is a calcareous plateau from Jurassic era,

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As a famous man said few month ago : "We will begin the next great chapter in America's story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea - Yes we can !"Great speech but what if these 3 words were : "Cahors Malbec Tour" ?!?Château Paillas will participate to this first Cahors Malbec Tour that will take place from August 31st to September 2nd in northeast of the

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The third Malbec days will take place once more in the city of Cahors next spring.As last year, professionals and lovers will discover malbecs from all over the world like Cahors wines of course but also more than 10 differents Malbec countries (Argentina, Chile, South Africa, California, ...)This time, the theme will be "terroirs of malbec", a nice occasion to learn more about how a terroir can

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Living in the United Kingdom, you can now find Château Paillas wine vintage 2002 available online on Everywine.co.uk , delivering to most of the UK mainland. Do not hesitate to taste one of our best Cahors wines, ready to drink from now.

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Last Monday, during the Vinexpo 2009 wine fair located in Bordeaux, was held the "Malbec Summit", two seminars organized by the "Union Interprofessionelle du Vin de Cahors" to present the range of Malbec wines from all over the world and particularly from Argentina and Cahors.The chateau Paillas wine, vintage 2005, was selected by the american wine journalist Roger Morris (Wine Enthusiast, Saveur

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On April 23, 2009 took place the 3rd Feminalise wine contest at the "Palais des congrès" of Beaune (Burgundy) and under the chairmanship of french actress Macha Meril.Feminalise is a wine contest exclusively reserved for women, inspired by the fact that "Women have become wine connoisseurs, 45% of them enjoy drinking wine. In France, 78% of women buy wine in supermarkets, in Germany, 70% and in

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What is a "terroir"?This very specific french rural word (so that it is often untranslatable in english) coming from "terre" that means land or earth, is the basis of the French wines system and relates to such diverse fields as agricultural, historical, sociological or cultural. Therefore, it is often overused.A terroir can be defined as an limited area, considered from its agricultural

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Since September 2007 the vine is the 4th vegetal whose genome has been fully decrypted.After Arabis (the smallest genome of the vegetable kingdom), the Poplar (to study the properties of wood) and rice (which feeds almost half the planet), it was chosen because of its importance through the cultural heritage of humanity.Thus, through the work of conservation of old grape varieties, prospecting

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Two weeks left before the Vinexpo 2009 fair from June 21 to 25 in Bordeaux.In addition to the "Malbec corner" of the Union Interprofessionelle du Vin de Cahors (located Hall 1 - DE 10), where you will of course taste the wines of Château Paillas and learn more about the 3rd International Malbec Days in Cahors late May 2010, two seminars about Malbec, King grape in Cahors and Argentina will take

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While our vintage 2007 is completing its ageing, we decided to taste it with our oenologist at the Office for Defense and Management of Cahors wine.Tasting sounds promising a few months before bottling: Purple color, intense nose of raspberries and blackcurrant, Lots of fruits on the palate, good structure, very long ...Some work must be done before bottling and we will let you know more about

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None of both, they are just different !If they own the main characteristics of Malbec wines, the soil, climate and of course winemaking is not the same in order to find different wines : some say that Malbec from Cahors is darker and softer or that Argentinian's Malbec are less acid and tannic...The best thing to do is to taste them both and make your own idea..

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In this topic we will answer briefly to questions you asked us or we estimate usefull for new comers to discover the universe of wines and specialy our Cahors wines. Fell free to ask yours in the comments or email us at info@paillas.comHow should I pronounce "Paillas" and "Cahors"?Paillas is pronounced PA-YAS and Cahors CA-OR.What means "terroir" ?Terroir, a very typicaly french word coming from

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Maybe you have noticed the mention on labels : "contains sulfites"? Maybe you asked yourself what were sulfites to deserve to be reported ? In fact, sulfites are derivatives of sulfur.Since its discovery, the sulfur is almost indispensable for winemakers because it allows the wine a better conservation over time. It has two main functions: to protect the wine from oxidation and to neutralize

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Let's talk about a special cuvee we made in 1994 to celebrate the launching of the laboratory Biorack (built by the European Space Agency to study the behavior of yeasts and bacteria in micro-gravity) by space shuttle Columbia.A gastronomic dinner with Château Paillas famous vintage 1990 was held in Toulouse to welcome the astronauts of the shuttle who came to familiarize themselves with its

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The VINEXPO 2009 international trade fair will take place in Bordeaux from june 21st to 25th. Two years ago,Château Paillas was of course part of "Cahors Black wine" booth which introduced the rebirth of Cahors wines marketing.This year, Cahors wines booth moves from "South West" hall to hall 1 with Malbec winemakers from all over the world as Argentina or Chile. The will to get plugged with

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Among the many Malbec aromas, there is one that is almost its sign: The aroma of Violet.It is one of the few floral aromas of red wines. For Cahors wines, it is the mark of great terroirs and grape harvested at very good maturity. Very similar to the blackcurrant aroma, it can be confused with it.You can find it in the Château Paillas and especially in the vintage 2002.The flower needs a well

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After the alcoholic fermentation (where yeasts transform sugar into alcohol), a second fermentation is triggered, caused by bacteria also naturally present in wine : the malolactic fermentation. As its name suggests it, this fermentation transforms the malic acid (found also in other fruits such as apples) into lactic acid, less strong, which will soften the wine and thus reduce its

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Spring is back in the sky of Château Paillas with noisy processions of migratory birds that spend summer back in Europe.The vine will soon begin to grow and we hurry to complete the maintenance work to start tying canes (see our topic about it last year)

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Red wines as Cahors wine must be racked regularly during their ageing, that means to be transferred from one tank to another to eliminate the lees (dead yeast and bacteria from the fermentation, organic precipitates, ...) that settle to the bottom of the vats by gravity, a sort of natural filtration and gentle that do not damage the wine. Racking will also prevent unpleasant taste transmited by

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If a fungus is the symbol of Cahors region and wines of Cahors, this is the black truffle.At the beginning of last century, more than 200 tons were traded each year on the Lalbenque market near Cahors. Production is now in hundreds of pounds for this "black diamond" who lives in symbiosis on the roots of oak trees known as "truffiers" (such as Quercus pubescens) which grow on limestone soil and

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If you're living in New York, you can now find Cahors wine Château Paillas on Manhattan's Upper West Side.The vintage 2005 is available in the shops of Beacon wines & spirits or on its website www.beaconwines.comDiscover Château Paillas, French Malbec wines !!

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The French Paradox is the observation that we, french from South-West France, suffer a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease. It has been suggested that red wine consumption is a primary factor in the trend, particulary because of a phytoalexin called Resveratrol. This theory was expounded in a 60 minutes broadcast in 1991.One potentially highest and delicious source of resveratrol

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If you're living in United Kingdom, you can find the Château Paillas vintage 2002 now available online among best Cahors malbec wines, on www.slurp.co.uk"We like Cot (Malbec) a lot. The Paillas with its frisky tannins and gentle figginess is our summer Cahors drinking like a dangerous dream at the moment. The domaine is situated on the Floressas plateau and benefits from excellent terroir."

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Last january 2009, 9th, 10th and 11th took place The France Show in London city .Among the visitors, about 600 attended a wine tasting at the AOC Cahors "Wine Theater", and moderated by Laurent Marre, french specialist of Cahors Malbec wines.For this event, entitled "Cahors, The Original Malbec", only the wines available yet in United Kingdom were tasted and so of course the Château Paillas.We

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All the Château Paillas team wishes you aGOOD VINTAGE 2009! ...

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Pleasant surprise on boxing day : flakes of snow are appearing in the late morning at the Chateau Paillas ...

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If you are in Illinois state, you can now find the Château Paillas in Chicago.The vintage 2005 is available in the Chicago shops of Sam's wine or on its website www.samswine.com"A winter-weight red. Inky blue/garnet color, deep scents of cherry, stones and mineral. Big palate, with chewy tannins and delicious blueberry and cassis fruit underneath. Long on the finish."With a score of 89/100, our

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Do you know Nick Cave? He's a big star with his band, The Bad Seeds and sung in a duet with Kylie Minogue in 1995. But what's the issue between Nick Cave and Château Paillas ? Let's see with that blog that I found on the web, a great blog by Juel M. Darkly pairing wines, women and songs : Wine Woman & Song.The dark and romantic side of Nick Cave suggested Juel to recommend Château paillas

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After alcoholic fermentation is achieved, we completed the running off in evacuating the wine from the tank by gravity. Marc (a mixture of seeds and skins) remained in the tank must be pressed to extract the "press wine".More tannic, containing more lees and organic, it must first be clarified before being blended.

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After the success of the First International Malbec Days in Cahors, last April, it was up to the city of Lujan de Cuyo in the beautiful Mendoza wine area in Argentina to host Malbec producers around the world on November 2008, 26th, 27th and 28th.A french delegation will travel to Argentina to participate in demonstrations and tastings held at the feet of the Andes mountains and the wines of

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Last part of the Berry : the pips, which are mainly composed of water, cellulose, bad tannins responsible for the astringency when not fully mature or too extracted, but very good for health and of course oil.

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During winemaking, while sugars are transformed into alcohol, the anthocyanins and tannins of the solid part of the berry (the skin and pips) move in the liquid part (the future wine).But under the effect of carbon dioxide released, skins congregate in the so-called "marc cap" like a floating iceberg in the juice leaving part emerged above the liquid.It is therefore necessary to continue to

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If the skin contributes with the structure and color of wine, the pulp will form its body.It has in fact substantially the same composition as wine : it is more or less liquid to maturity, with about 80% water, 18% of sugars that become alcohol in the wine (about 200g per kg of grapes) and 2 % acids and minerals such as tartaric acid that is not found nearly as grapes and malic acid that comes

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At the winery, the grapes are separated from their stem, lightly crushed to rip the skin and put in a tank.Then starts the fermentation.This is the most important process of winemaking, the one that will require the most attention to the winemaker ...indeed, it is not limited to the transformation of sugar into alcohol, yeasts will also synthesize a lot of compouds as aromas, carbon dioxide and

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After a slow ripening, because of cold temperatures, the harvest began today at the Chateau Paillas, 10 days after the average date of the past 30 years and under a bright sun ..The first plots harvested are Merlot, always the earliest, then we will go to Malbec and at last Tannat grapes.Quality seems to be there, fresh mornings of September can allow an aromatic vintage.

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Veraison passed from about a month: The harvest will begin soon !It's time to control precisely ripeness to estimate precisely the date of harvest and eventually forecast any additional operations to be carried out during the vinification.To do this we conduct sampling of berries on every parcels in order to have a "snapshot" of the vineyard. Of course, this sampling must be rigorous and regular

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Harvest are coming soon so we suggest you to learn more about the main material needed for Cahors winegrowers to develop their black wines : the Malbec berry.The Malbec berry, as all grape berries can be splited into three parts: the skin, the pulp and the pips.The skin is the most important part of the berry because it contains almost all aromatic compounds, some of the tannins and anthocyanins

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Last Friday, "Autan" wind was blowing on the Château Paillas !Hot and dry from the Mediterranean sea (from South-East compared to Cahors), it is often associated with Foehn effect (chinook) thought mountains and with a typical sky as on the picture.It is very beneficial to the wine because it allows to concentrate juice in the grapes.Good for vintage 2008 ?

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During august occurs a break in the growth of the Malbec vine calls hardening (aoûtement in french, comes from "août").The branches will then solidify by lignification and change color from green to brown and the vine will now concentrate on feeding berries until harvest.

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In mid-August, the grape berries change their colour by accumulation of anthocyanins (colored pigments) coming from the vine stock, and its skin gets softer. This is called "véraison", coming from the old french "verir" that means "to ripen".It is very fast : the berry changes its color in a few hours and it takes about ten days for a cluster.Until maturity, sugar will continue to accumulate and

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Late May-early June comes flowering.It is very important in the reproductive cycle of the grapes and the weather conditions are critical (it needs some heat and good weather). Flowering gives first indications on the quantity and quality of future grapes because bad fertilization results in a decrease in the number of berries and their size.Flowers open, ejecting the cap and show the future

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And why not?Cahors wine is not only to drink during winter time with a beautiful piece of red meat !According to "Sommeliers International" talking about Chateau Paillas vintage 2002 : "A great wine to drink with an anised european seabass, celery mousseline and white butter."

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Last weekend the first International Malbec Days took place in Cahors.A nice weather and more than an hundred exhibitors were present (including of course the Chateau Paillas) on the Valentré bridge, to share their passion with many professionals, wine lovers or new comers.For this event, the Valentré bridge was dressed with four huge canvas that gived it a look of sailboat representing the

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In early spring, with longer and warmer days, the vine starts to grow.The first symptom is the rise of sap thought the vine stock which we can see on pruned canes, we say that the vine is bleeding ...On this video in real time, you can see the abundance of this bleeding which will stop after a few days when healed, the sap will then be devoted to the growth of buds.

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The first Malbec days are approaching and dressing of the Valentré bridge (which will host the show for three days starting today) has begun.Château Paillas will be there from friday for a tasting with wine students from all over France, then saturday for a professional tasting and to sunday for all people to make them discover other Malbec producers as : Côtes de Bourg, Loire, Argentina, Spain

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After pruning comes fastening of the vine (guiding the cane to control the growth of the vine), it will then form a row and will allow the passage of agricultural mechanical machines or facilitate access for people to carry out all the work to be done until harvest.At Château Paillas winery, trellising is done on two wires. The cane is folded into a bow (specificity in Cahors but widely used in

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Last time we talked about the first Malbec Days in Cahors on April 4th, 5th and 6th...This unprecedented event, which is a big party to celebrate Malbec, the iconic variety of our Cahors black wine, is approaching.Several events will take place around the Valentré bridge dressed for the occasion, whether you're a professional connoisseur or event amateur.You can come and enjoy Malbec from Cahors

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Cahors is not just a wine, but also a unique glass with a ring shape stem.Made by Arc International Group in Kwarz ® material for better tasting with its transparency and shape, it will also be available in a special material, phosphorescent to Black light for lounge bars.This new glass is now available and you will of course find it to taste Château Paillas wines.

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Next April 4th, 5th and 6th 2008 will take place the first Malbec Days in Cahors.Special guests : Argentinian MalbecYou're of course welcome to taste the wines of Château Paillas on our stand on the Valentré bridge (symbol of the city of Cahors which celebrates its 700th year), and in exclusivity, the very promising 2007 vintage.More informations on the official website: www.malbecdays.com

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Good wine is good grapes!Quality of the harvest is determined by all the work done in the vineyard throughout the year starting with pruning to limit the growth of the vines and so to encourage the production of quality grape.It takes place during winter while vine is asleep.At Château Paillas, the pruning type is called "guyot simple" : we select the best cane of the preceding year where will

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This year 2008 starts the rebirth of Cahors black wine and its historical grape : The Malbec.This year is also a special year for us because we celebrate our 30th harvest.We decided to complement our new website creating a blog to introduce you inside our daily.This blog will be both a link between our past and our present and a showcase of our know how and our news.We hope you will take as much

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