Winery Alto de la BallenaCabernet Franc Reserva
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Cabernet Franc Reserva of the Winery Alto de la Ballena is in the top 80 of wines of Uruguay and in the top 10 of wines of Maldonado.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cabernet Franc Reserva of Winery Alto de la Ballena in the region of Maldonado often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cabernet Franc Reserva
Pairings that work perfectly with Cabernet Franc Reserva
Original food and wine pairings with Cabernet Franc Reserva
The Cabernet Franc Reserva of Winery Alto de la Ballena matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of flemish beer stew, delicious marinated pork chops or stuffed cabbage leaves.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alto de la Ballena's Cabernet Franc Reserva.
Discover the grape 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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cabernet Franc Reserva from Winery Alto de la Ballena are 2007, 2011, 2015, 2013 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Alto de la Ballena
The Winery Alto de la Ballena is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Maldonado to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Maldonado
Maldonado is an emerging wine region in the southeast of Uruguay, on the Atlantic Ocean, producing an array of red and white wines. As elsewhere in the country, the Tannat grape variety is most common. Other key red varieties are Merlot, Malbec and the Cabernets (Sauvignon and Franc). Leading white grapes in the region are Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Semillon and Riesling.
The word of the wine: Serious
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