Winery HortonThe Tower Series Cabernet Franc
Red wine
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.
Food and wine pairings with The Tower Series Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with The Tower Series Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with The Tower Series Cabernet Franc
The The Tower Series Cabernet Franc of Winery Horton matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of family potluck, tagliatelle with carbonara or valencian paella - family recipe.
Details and technical informations about Winery Horton's The Tower Series 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 The Tower Series Cabernet Franc from Winery Horton are 2011, 2016, 2012, 2015 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Horton
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.
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.
The word of the wine: Vine
Climbing shrubs with woody stems called shoots that produce grapes in clusters.
