Bodega del Desierto25/5 Cabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Cabernet Franc.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with 25/5 Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with 25/5 Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with 25/5 Cabernet Franc
The 25/5 Cabernet Franc of Bodega del Desierto matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, new york hot dog or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.
Details and technical informations about Bodega del Desierto's 25/5 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 25/5 Cabernet Franc from Bodega del Desierto are 2009, 0
Informations about the Bodega del Desierto
The Bodega del Desierto is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in the of La Pampa to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of La Pampa
The wine region of La Pampa is located in the region of Patagonia of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bodega del Desierto or the Domaine Bodega del Desierto produce mainly wines red, sparkling and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of La Pampa are Malbec, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of La Pampa often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.
The wine region of Patagonia
Patagonia is South America's southernmost wine-producing region. Despite being one of the world's least-obvious places for quality viticulture, this desert region – with its cool, DryClimate – has proved itself well suited to producing Elegant red wines from Pinot Noir and Malbec. The geographical region covers a vast area – around twice the Size of California – across southern Argentina and Chile. Patagonia is more closely associated with dinosaurs and desert than with fine wine, but it has a viticultural zone that stretches 300 kilometers (200 miles) along the Neuquen and Rio Negro rivers, from Anelo in the west to Choele Choel in the east.
The word of the wine: Wrapped
Said of a wine rich in alcohol, but in which the mellowness dominates.
