Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Penedès
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Penedès.
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
The wine region of Penedès is located in the region of Catalogne of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Parés Baltà or the Domaine Enric Soler produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Penedès are Xarello, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Penedès often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red cherry or bergamot and sometimes also flavors of chamomile, earl grey tea or eucalyptus.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- SpicesPresent in 15% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 14% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 14% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 14% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 13% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- PepperPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- MineralityPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- RaisinPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CocoaPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
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