Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Szekszárd
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Szekszárd.
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 Dél-Pannónia
The wine region of Szekszárd is located in the region of Dél-Pannónia of Hungary. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Dúzsi Tamás or the Domaine Takler produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Szekszárd are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Szekszárd often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cinnamon or pepper and sometimes also flavors of cocoa, black fruits or black currant.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- OakPresent in 61% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 60% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 58% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 44% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 43% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 39% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 13% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- LeatherPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- PepperPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- ChocolatePresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- CinnamonPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc