Cahors - are they ever drinkable?

"Nils Gustaf Lindgren" wrote in news:Pf6Vi.12429$ snipped-for-privacy@newsb.telia.net:

The wine is actually made by Georges Vigouroux owner of Chateau de Mercues, ok more properly the estate is managed by a company owned by G.V.

Malbec is traditionally a big meat, steak kind of wine, break out some elk (oh I think you have a different name for it gulp) ok try caribou.

"Joseph Coulter" skrev i meddelandet news:Xns99D7B4CB5828Ayourvacationcomcastn@216.196.97.136...

He, yes, we had a discussion concerning the difference between elk and moose a year or so ago. "Elk" would be Alces alces, while caribou would hardly be obtainable. Reindeer OTOH can be had for a small amount of money, year round, even if it is frozen. Roe has a very gamey taste (here in Sweden, at least), comparable to fallow deer. It stood up magnificently to these (slightly) brooding beasts ...

Cheers

Nils

Ian Hoare wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Chicken ? I have in hand a glass of Argentine Malbec which I am about to eat with leftover roast chicken. Escorihuela Gascon 2006 admittedly not a tannic monster has em but is a fairly fruity expression of the grape (also a QPR at @12 USD which given current exchange rates is cheap anywhere else even Canada)