Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Agrelo
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Agrelo.
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 region of Mendoza
Agrelo is a small wine-producing wine region about 20 miles (35km) South of the city of Mendoza in Argentina. Located on the southern side of the Mendoza River just south of Perdriel, around the Village from which it takes its name, the area is home to some of the country's most famous wine estates. Agrelo's Terroir is considered to be some of the best in Mendoza for the production of big, Complex red wines made from the Malbec grape variety The village is located in the western foothills of the Andes mountains, and is a Part of the Lujan de Cuyo department, an administrative title which handily covers some of the best viticultural land in Argentina. The wine-producing zone of Agrelo slopes upward from the town toward the Andes, with the highest (and most desirable) vineyards in the west reaching up to 3300ft (1000m) above sea level.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- OakPresent in 15% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 13% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- VioletPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- CoffeePresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- PlumPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- LeatherPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc