Domaine FinotTurk Mountain Cabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Turk Mountain Cabernet Franc of the Domaine Finot is in the top 30 of wines of Monticello.
Food and wine pairings with Turk Mountain Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Turk Mountain Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Turk Mountain Cabernet Franc
The Turk Mountain Cabernet Franc of Domaine Finot matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, pan-fried black pudding with apples or wild boar leg of 7 hours.
Details and technical informations about Domaine Finot's Turk Mountain Cabernet Franc.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Informations about the Domaine Finot
The Domaine Finot is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Monticello to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monticello
Central Virginia AVA around Charlottesville, wine land dreamed by Thomas Jefferson from 1770. Cabernet Franc signature red: elegant and fresh with signature notes of red cherry, raspberry, bell pepper, fresh herbs, spice and peppery touch, fine tannins and thirst-quenching mouth — local reference. Viognier as Virginia's signature white (apricot, honey, flowers), dense Petit Verdot, taut Petit Manseng, ample Chardonnay. Blue Ridge Piedmont soils.
The wine region of Virginia
Quality pole of the American east coast, unique signature in Viognier: ample, fragrant whites with notes of apricot, white peach, honey and flowers, silky on the palate. Cabernet Franc star in red, fine and fresh (raspberry, ripe pepper, spices). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, balanced Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc and native Norton. Humid continental climate tempered by the Appalachians, 8 AVAs (Monticello, Shenandoah).
The word of the wine: Liquid
Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).
