Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Long Island
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Long Island.
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 New York
The wine region of Long Island is located in the region of New York of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Wölffer Estate or the Domaine Wölffer Estate produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Long Island are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Long Island often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of floral, red fruit or non oak.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 15% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 13% of Cabernet franc
- OakPresent in 12% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 10% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 8% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 6% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 5% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 4% of Cabernet franc
- Tropical fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet franc
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