Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Shanxi
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Shanxi.
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 Shanxi
The wine region of Shanxi of China. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Grace (怡园酒庄) or the Domaine Grace (怡园酒庄) produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Shanxi are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Shanxi often reveals types of flavors of oaky, non oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, microbio or dried fruit.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- OakPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Red cherryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- PrunePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CassisPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black currantPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- PepperPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- PlumPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
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