Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Argentina
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Argentina.
More informations about the variety Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
More informations about the wines of Argentina
Argentina is one of the most important wine producing countries in the New World, and the largest producer of wine in South America. The high-altitude deserts of the eastern Andes have given rise to a high-quality wine industry, and the Terroir of this region is well suited to Argentina's adopted Grape variety, the ubiquitous Malbec. Originally from France/bordeaux">Bordeaux, it is now the source of some of Argentina's most famous wines, which are characterized by brilliance and intensity, with Floral">floral notes and black fruit flavors. Covering just over 2.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- OakPresent in 85% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 77% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 74% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 71% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 69% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 65% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 41% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 31% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 29% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 23% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 19% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 19% of Cabernet franc
- PlumPresent in 17% of Cabernet franc
- PepperPresent in 17% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 17% of Cabernet franc
- ChocolatePresent in 17% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 16% of Cabernet franc
- RaspberryPresent in 16% of Cabernet franc
- LeatherPresent in 16% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 15% of Cabernet franc
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