Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Srem
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Srem.
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 Srem
The wine region of Srem of Serbia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bjelica or the Domaine Erdevik produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Srem are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Srem often reveals types of flavors of apples, blackberry or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or spices.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 4% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CheesePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Sour cherryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- ChocolatePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- RaspberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black cherriesPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VioletPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- BlueberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
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