Winery Blue SkyEstate Cabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Estate Cabernet Franc of the Winery Blue Sky is in the top 30 of wines of Shawnee Hills.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Estate Cabernet Franc of Winery Blue Sky in the region of Illinois often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Estate Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Estate Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Estate Cabernet Franc
The Estate Cabernet Franc of Winery Blue Sky matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of millet with gruyere cheese, quiche lorraine or stuffed cabbage leaves.
Details and technical informations about Winery Blue Sky's Estate Cabernet Franc.
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 Estate Cabernet Franc from Winery Blue Sky are 2010
Informations about the Winery Blue Sky
The Winery Blue Sky is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Shawnee Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Shawnee Hills
The wine region of Shawnee Hills is located in the region of Illinois of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Blue Sky or the Domaine Blue Sky produce mainly wines red, pink and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Shawnee Hills are Cabernet franc et Chambourcin, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Shawnee Hills often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
The wine region of Illinois
Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.
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