Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Cyprus
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Cyprus.
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 Cyprus
Cyprus is a wine-growing island in the eastern Turkey/mediterranean">Mediterranean, located 80 km from the Southern coast of Turkey and a little further from the western coast of Syria. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean. It measures 140 miles (225 km) from east to west and about a third of that distance from North to south. The Cypriot wine industry was at its peak in the Middle Ages and has seen a steady and progressive decline over the following centuries.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 4% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Black currantPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CranberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black cherriesPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
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