Since 1887, French Malbec has run through the veins of the Vigouroux family, and their passion for this grape variety guides them in the development of exceptional vineyards in the Occitanie region.
At Mercuès, French Malbec has been reinvented. It has left behind its original robust appearance to showcase a disruptive intensity and finesse. It flourishes on 32 hectares of clay-limestone soils.
Most plantations in the Cahors Appellation have an average density of 4,000 vines per hectare, but at Château de Mercuès, the plantation density reaches 6,666 vines per hectare for half of the vineyard, as high as for the great Medoc wines. This is particularly favourable for the Malbec grape, which has been grown in Cahors for more than 2,000 years. It reduces yield per stock and increases the quality of the wine, giving it a very high concentration and ageing potential.
Château de Mercuès boasts an astonishing underground cellar in the Romano-Byzantine style, built between the two large retaining walls that the bishops had built several centuries earlier. This cellar, built in record time between November 1986 and April 1987, is the fruit of the collaboration of two talented men: Jacques Lavedan and Francis Miguet.
