Winery Horton - The Tower Series Cabernet Franc

Winery HortonThe Tower Series Cabernet Franc

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Tower Series Cabernet Franc of Winery Horton is a red wine from the region of Orange County of Virginia.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the The Tower Series Cabernet Franc of Winery Horton in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Horton's The Tower Series Cabernet Franc.

Winemaker
Chris Corley
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.2°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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 Tower Series Cabernet Franc - 2016
In the top 100 of of Orange County wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Tower Series Cabernet Franc - 2015
In the top 100 of of Orange County wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Tower Series Cabernet Franc - 2014
In the top 100 of of Orange County wines
Average rating: 3.411100
The Tower Series Cabernet Franc - 2013
In the top 100 of of Orange County wines
Average rating: 3.411100
The Tower Series Cabernet Franc - 2012
In the top 100 of of Orange County wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Tower Series Cabernet Franc - 2011
In the top 100 of of Orange County wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
The Tower Series Cabernet Franc - 2009
In the top 100 of of Orange County wines
Average rating: 3.211100

The best vintages of The Tower Series Cabernet Franc from Winery Horton are 2011, 2016, 2012, 2015 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Horton

The winery offers 66 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Orange County in the region of Virginia
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The Winery Horton is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 58 wines for sale in the of Orange County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Virginia
In the top 25000 of of United States wines
In the top 200 of of Orange County wines
In the top 100000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Orange County

The wine region of Orange County is located in the region of Virginia of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Horton or the Domaine Horton produce mainly wines red, white and natural sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Orange County are Cabernet franc, Touriga nacional and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Orange County often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or spices.


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.

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