Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Maule Valley
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Maule Valley.
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 Central Valley
Maule Valley is the largest wine-producing region in Chile other than the Central Valley, of which it is a Part. It has 75,000 acres (30,000ha) under Vine, and has traditionally been associated with quantity rather than quality. But this is rapidly changing – the bulk-producing Pais vine is gradually being replaced with more international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère, and careful winemaking practices are being employed to make some world-class red wines from old-vine Carignan. The Central Valley itself runs between the Andes and the Coastal Mountains from the Chilean capital of Santiago in the North to the up-and-coming region of Bío Bío in the South.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- Non oakPresent in 24% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 23% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 23% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 22% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 22% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 21% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 4% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 4% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- BlueberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- PepperPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc