This dessert red wine has a tradition of about two hundred years. At the end of the 18th century, the Russian Orthodox Church acquired wine from the French region
Cahors when
altar wine and the Russian Tsar's court as a pomp wine on special occasions. Since there are problems of pronunciation of the "h" in Russian, it became a "g" and "Kagor" a synonym for Messwein. He was already one of the
favorite wines the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1917). Today it is from the famous former Tsar and present state winery
Massandra in the
Ukraine produced. The sweet red wine will be in the
Port wine style out
Saperavi vinified. A similar dessert wine named "Kagor Tsarskoe" (Tsarskoe = Tsars) will also be in the neighboring
Moldova out
Cabernet Sauvignon, but also native varieties pressed. Well-known producers in Moldova are Acorex, Château Vartel, Dionysos Mereni and Purcari.