GREGOR KUONEN Caveau de SalquenenGrandmaître 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.
The Grandmaître Cabernet Franc of the GREGOR KUONEN Caveau de Salquenen is in the top 70 of wines of Switzerland and in the top 30 of wines of Valais.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Grandmaître Cabernet Franc of GREGOR KUONEN Caveau de Salquenen in the region of Valais often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Grandmaître Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Grandmaître Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Grandmaître Cabernet Franc
The Grandmaître Cabernet Franc of GREGOR KUONEN Caveau de Salquenen matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, rabbit socks in gibelotte or duck legs with confit potatoes.
Details and technical informations about GREGOR KUONEN Caveau de Salquenen's Grandmaître 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 Grandmaître Cabernet Franc from GREGOR KUONEN Caveau de Salquenen are 2010, 2011, 2018, 2016 and 2015.
Informations about the GREGOR KUONEN Caveau de Salquenen
The GREGOR KUONEN Caveau de Salquenen is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 97 wines for sale in the of Valais to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Valais
The Valais is the largest wine region and appellation in Switzerland, responsible for around one third of the country's total wine production. The main Vineyard area covers the southeast-facing slopes of the dramatic Rhône river valley as the glacial waters run southwest between Leuk (Loeche in French) and Fully. The river changes direction at Martigny and then runs northwest to exit the valley and empty into Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Vineyard area here comes to around 4,800 hectares (11,800 acres) and is generally located on (often steep) slopes and terraces between the flat, fertile, Heavy soils at the bottom of the valley - often given over to fruit production, industry and urban development - and the bare rock of the mountainside that towers above.
The word of the wine: Passerillage
Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.
