Winery SauvionLes Rafeliéres Cabernet Franc
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Les Rafeliéres Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Rafeliéres Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Les Rafeliéres Cabernet Franc
The Les Rafeliéres Cabernet Franc of Winery Sauvion matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, roast pork with mustard and honey or wild boar ragout with kriek.
Details and technical informations about Winery Sauvion's Les Rafeliéres 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 Les Rafeliéres Cabernet Franc from Winery Sauvion are 2017, 2019, 2016, 2018 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Sauvion
The Winery Sauvion is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 94 wines for sale in the of Val de Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Val de Loire
Val de Loire is a regional PGI title, covering wines produced in an area that roughly corresponds to the Val de Loire wine region in northern France. The PGI catchment area covers 14 departments and is one of the largest in France in terms of area. The Terroir is extremely varied throughout the Loire Valley region. Wines produced under the PGI title have as much style as the AOC appellations of the Loire.
The word of the wine: Liqueur wine
Unfermented must with added brandy, also called liqueur wine: Pineau des Charentes, Floc de Gascogne, Macvin du Jura, Ratafia, Cartagène du Languedoc.
