Appellation · AOC · Quercy et Aveyron
Cahors
An appellation of the South-West, in the Quercy et Aveyron. Its area covers 42 communes.
11,000 hadelimited areaRounded area of the shape drawn on the map: the area delimited by the INAO, which is not entirely planted.
- Albas
- Anglars-Juillac
- Arcambal
- Bélaye
- Boulvé
- Cahors
- Caillac
- Cambayrac
- Carnac-Rouffiac
- Castelfranc
- Catus
- Cieurac
- Crayssac
- Douelle
- Duravel
- Flaujac-Poujols
- Floressas
- Grézels
- Labastide-du-Vert
- Lacapelle-Cabanac
- Lagardelle
- Lamagdelaine
- Luzech
- Mauroux
- Mercuès
- Nuzéjouls
- Parnac
- Pescadoires
- Pontcirq
- Pradines
- Prayssac
- Puy-l'Évêque
- Saint-Daunès
- Saint-Médard
- Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt
- Sauzet
- Sérignac
- Soturac
- Touzac
- Trespoux-Rassiels
- Villesèque
- Vire-sur-Lot
Authorised grape varieties
According to the INAO specification · Read ↗
The climate, today and around 2050
Spring, average temperature
11.8 °C→ 13.3 °C
Summer, average temperature
20.4 °C→ 22.9 °C
Days at 35 °C or more, per year
2.6→ 10.9
Average of the 42 communes. “Around 2050”: median value of the models for warming of +2.7 °C in France, the reference trajectory (TRACC). Source: Météo-France, Climadiag Commune.
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Official sources
Specification of the Cahors AOCMinistère de l'Agriculture · PDF · the official rulesOfficialThe region's wines, from its trade bodyVins du Sud-Ouest (IVSO) · official websiteOfficialLinks checked on 07/10/2026 · No commercial or affiliate links ·
Around Cahors
- Coteaux du Quercy27 km