Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Thrace
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Thrace.
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 Thrace
The wine region of Thrace of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Chamlija or the Château Kalpak produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Thrace are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Thrace often reveals types of flavors of cherry, grapefruit or black cherries and sometimes also flavors of jam, mint or prune.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- SpicesPresent in 25% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 25% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 24% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 23% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 22% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 22% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 10% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 4% of Cabernet franc
- PlumPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- ChocolatePresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Tropical fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- PepperPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- VioletPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
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