Canadian journalist Bill ZACHARKIW, The Gazette Wine Critic, featured his summer wine selection and selected the Cuvée Particulière from Château Lamartine: a marvel!

$15-$25: MID-PRICED MARVEL

Meaty texture and so much elegance

Cahors 2005, Cuvée Particulière, Château Lamartine, France red, $22, SAQ # 862904. Modern, and in a good way. While it shows typical notes of licorice, dark brooding fruits, leather and other animal notes, it does not stray into that rotting-carcass aroma has that turned me off of high-end Cahors. Here, the tannins are tight but yielding, the fruit is ripe, blue and black, and the texture is meaty. But there is so much elegance and length, depth and complexity. While I appreciate authenticity as much as great taste, in this case, I love what it takes from Cahors, and perhaps even more so what it doesn't. Drink now-2012. Food pairing: Duck.

Did you ever hear of Serge Lescouarnec, the "French Concierge" of New Jersey? He seems to have very good taste in wine since he appreciated some of our best Cahors wines. Follow him on his blog and more specially on his discovery of some Cahors Black Wines!

You certainly enjoy our black wines. What about some black accessories to match your bottles? Here is a list and an order form.

Enjoy.

Here is an interesting question raised by journalist Zev Rovine, from The Salt Lake Tribune. Rovine also loved Chateau du Cèdre!

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We're still on our quest to the best and most reliable wine stores or sites helping you to buy your favorite Cahors wines. I came accross this wonderful community site, snooth.com, where you can post your own tasting notes, share your comments with an international community of passionate wine lovers and locate the nearest store where to find the wine you're looking for.

To have a taste of Cahors wines and explore the range of his site, click here.

Five Cahors wines got a wonderful note in the June 2008 issue of the Wine Spectator: two are from Clos Triguedina, 1 from Clos Troteligotte (site only in French), 1 from Château de Haute Serre (page only in French) and the last one, from Croix du Mayne (page only in French).

- 93/100 - Clos Triguedina, The Black Wine 2005
- 92/100 - Clos Triguedina, Probus 2005
- 91/100 - Clos Troteligotte, CQFD 2005
- 90/100 - Château de Haut-Serre 2004
- 90/100 - François Pélissié, Croix du Mayne 2005.

Congratulations!