Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Patagonia
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Patagonia.
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 Patagonia
Patagonia is South America's southernmost wine-producing region. Despite being one of the world's least-obvious places for quality viticulture, this desert region – with its cool, DryClimate – has proved itself well suited to producing Elegant red wines from Pinot Noir and Malbec. The geographical region covers a vast area – around twice the Size of California – across southern Argentina and Chile. Patagonia is more closely associated with dinosaurs and desert than with fine wine, but it has a viticultural zone that stretches 300 kilometers (200 miles) along the Neuquen and Rio Negro rivers, from Anelo in the west to Choele Choel in the east.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- Black fruitPresent in 8% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 8% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 8% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Black currantPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- ChocolatePresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- LeatherPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- RosemaryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
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