Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Languedoc
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Languedoc.
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 Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Dark fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- RaspberryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- ThymePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CranberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- LeatherPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CheesePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- PlumPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- LicoricePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
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