Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Utiel-Requena
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Utiel-Requena.
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 Valence
The wine region of Utiel-Requena is located in the region of Valence of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Hispano Suizas or the Domaine Bodegas 6º Elemento - Vino Sexto Elemento produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Utiel-Requena are Bobal, Tempranillo and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Utiel-Requena often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, lime or licorice and sometimes also flavors of cream, nectarine or oil.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- SpicesPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Black cherriesPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Dark fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- ChocolatePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitsPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- LeatherPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- PlumPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- CoffeePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- TobaccoPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
- SmokePresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
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