Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Croatia
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Croatia.
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 wines of Croatia
Croatia is an important wine-producing country on the Adriatic Sea, at the western end of Europe's Balkan Peninsula. Formerly Part of Yugoslavia, it borders Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro. Export trade, although modest, has grown over the past two decades. The main Croatian styles are Dry white wines of Grasevina (WelschRiesling) and Malvasia, and rustic, Full-bodied red wines.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- EarthPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 10% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc