Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Central Serbia
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Central Serbia.
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 Central Serbia
The wine region of Central Serbia of Serbia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Matalj Vinarija or the Domaine Aleksandrovic produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Central Serbia are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Central Serbia often reveals types of flavors of minerality, oil or cheese and sometimes also flavors of floral, cream or smoke.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 11% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 10% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 10% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- StrawberriesPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black currantPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- RaspberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- PeachPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CitrusPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CreamPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Dark fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- ClovePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc