Winery Cardinal PointsClay Hill Cabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Clay Hill Cabernet Franc of the Winery Cardinal Points is in the top 70 of wines of Virginia.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Clay Hill Cabernet Franc of Winery Cardinal Points in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Clay Hill Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Clay Hill Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Clay Hill Cabernet Franc
The Clay Hill Cabernet Franc of Winery Cardinal Points matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of burger roll, sauerkraut (with tips so to do!!!) or whole duck casserole with white wine.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cardinal Points's Clay Hill 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 Clay Hill Cabernet Franc from Winery Cardinal Points are 2017, 2014, 0, 2012
Informations about the Winery Cardinal Points
The Winery Cardinal Points is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine 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.
The word of the wine: Acidity
When present without excess, acidity contributes to the balance of the wine, giving it freshness and nervousness. But when it is very high, it becomes a defect, giving it a biting and green character. On the other hand, if it is insufficient, the wine is soft.
