Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Lake Erie North Shore
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Lake Erie North Shore.
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 Ontario
The wine region of Lake Erie North Shore is located in the region of Ontario of Canada. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cooper's Hawk Vineyards or the Domaine Cooper's Hawk Vineyards produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lake Erie North Shore are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lake Erie North Shore often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, earth or black fruit.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 10% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 8% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 4% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc