Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Catalogne
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Catalogne.
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 Catalogne
Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan and Cataluña in Spanish) is an autonomous community in the Northeast of Spain. It extends from the historic county (comarca) of Montsia in the South to the border with France in the north. The Mediterranean Sea forms its eastern border and offers 580 km of coastline. The Catalunya D.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- OakPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 4% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- PepperPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Dried herbsPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- BalsamicPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CreamPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CigarPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CitrusPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
News about the grape variety Cabernet franc
DO Terra Alta makes orange wine official
In the last board meeting of 2021 for the regulatory council of DO Terra Alta, in Catalunya, Spain, a long list of changes was approved. The most prominent was the making of a very strict certification system for wines that are 100% Garnatxa Blanca given that it’s their flagship grape variety. But perhaps the most interesting item is a bit further down the list that allows certification for a type of wines that in Catalan are called “vins brisats”. The name refers to white wine ...
Brad Pitt reopens Miraval Studios at Provence wine estate
Brad Pitt and French music producer Damien Quintard have reopened the doors of Miraval Studios after major renovations to the space, which has an illustrious past but lay unused for nearly two decades. It lies on the Château Miraval wine estate in Provence, which Pitt still co-owns after having originally bought the property with ex-partner Angelina Jolie. Tenute del Mondo, a subsidiary of Stoli Group, announced in 2021 it had acquired a 50% stake in Miraval from Jolie. The Miraval swimming pool ...
Chianti Rùfina ups its game with Terraelectae
The wines from Chianti Rùfina, a unique, high-quality sub-region of the greater Chianti area, are overshadowed by those of its larger brother, Chianti Classico. Now, Rùfina producers are striving to change that with Terraelectae, a category of wines that will sit at the pinnacle of the Chianti Rùfina quality pyramid. Each producer – there are only about 20 of them in all of Chianti Rùfina – will be able to designate a single-vineyard wine made entirely from Sangiovese as ‘Terraelectae’ and will ...