Winery Humberto CanaleGran Reserva Cabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc of the Winery Humberto Canale is in the top 10 of wines of Rio Negro.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc of Winery Humberto Canale in the region of Patagonia 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 Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc
The Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc of Winery Humberto Canale matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shepherd's pie (quebec!), ollada (catalonia) or the garbure.
Details and technical informations about Winery Humberto Canale's Gran Reserva 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 Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc from Winery Humberto Canale are 2001, 2013, 2005, 2016 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Humberto Canale
The Winery Humberto Canale is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 82 wines for sale in the of Rio Negro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rio Negro
The wine region of Rio Negro is located in the region of Patagonia of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bodega Noemìa or the Domaine Bodega Noemìa produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rio Negro are Malbec, Merlot and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rio Negro often reveals types of flavors of cream, raisin or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of balsamic, cedar or anise.
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: Presses
The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.
