Wines made from Cabernet franc grapes of Virginia
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc as a single variety or as a blend of Virginia.
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 Virginia
Virginia is a state on the eastern seaboard of the United States, located immediately South of Maryland and North of the Carolinas. The state covers 42,750 square miles (110,750 km2) of mountains, valleys and the Atlantic coastal Complex that forms its eastern border. From the Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the coastal creeks and estuaries in the east, Virginia's topography and geology are varied, to say the least. The landscape around the Chesapeake Bay - a vast coastal inlet that separates the main state from its Eastern Shore - could hardly be more different from that below Mt Rogers (1,750m), 480km to the west.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet franc grape variety?
- OakPresent in 87% of Cabernet franc
- Red fruitPresent in 85% of Cabernet franc
- EarthPresent in 78% of Cabernet franc
- Black fruitPresent in 73% of Cabernet franc
- Non oakPresent in 71% of Cabernet franc
- SpicesPresent in 70% of Cabernet franc
- MicrobioPresent in 14% of Cabernet franc
- VegetalPresent in 10% of Cabernet franc
- Dried fruitPresent in 9% of Cabernet franc
- FloralPresent in 7% of Cabernet franc
- Tree fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- Citrus fruitPresent in 3% of Cabernet franc
- CedarPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- OakyPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- CherryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- CassisPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- VanillaPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- EarthyPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- BlackberryPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
- MineralityPresent in 2% of Cabernet franc
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet franc of Virginia
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