Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Bolgheri
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Bolgheri.
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 Toscane
The wine region of Bolgheri is located in the region of Toscane of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Tenuta San Guido or the Domaine Podere Sette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bolgheri are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bolgheri often reveals types of flavors of iron, stone fruit or milk chocolate and sometimes also flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or tropical.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- OakPresent in 32% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 31% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 29% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 28% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 27% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 26% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 17% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 14% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 14% of Cabernet franc
- ChocolatePresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- PlumPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- LeatherPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- CassisPresent in 10% of Cabernet franc
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