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.

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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

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