Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Victoria
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Victoria.
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 Victoria
Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- EarthPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Forest floorPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- StrawberriesPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc