Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Eger
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Eger.
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 Eger
Eger, in northeastern Hungary, is a wine region best known for its Egri Bikavér wine, popularly known as "Bull's Blood". Although Sweet, white Tokaji remains unrivaled as Hungary's most famous wine overall, Bikavér (Bull's Blood) is surely the country's most famous red. The style – a Complex blend of several dark-skinned grapes – was first made in the late 19th Century, in Szekszard (200 kilometers/130 miles southwest of Eger). It rose to international fame in the 1970s, when the state-owned Egervin winery monopolized production of the style, and successfully promoted it on export markets.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- OakPresent in 40% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 35% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 33% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 29% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 28% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 28% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 14% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- BlueberryPresent in 8% of Cabernet franc
- PlumPresent in 8% of Cabernet franc
- PepperPresent in 8% of Cabernet franc
- SmokePresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- LeatherPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc