Winery Johann Spelty - Les Folies Chinon Cabernet Franc

Winery Johann SpeltyLes Folies Chinon Cabernet Franc

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The Les Folies Chinon Cabernet Franc of Winery Johann Spelty is a red wine from the region of Chinon of Loire Valley.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Details and technical informations about Winery Johann Spelty's Les Folies Chinon Cabernet Franc.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
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

Les Folies Chinon Cabernet Franc - 2017
In the top 100 of of Chinon wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Les Folies Chinon Cabernet Franc - 2016
In the top 100 of of Chinon wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Les Folies Chinon Cabernet Franc from Winery Johann Spelty are 2016, 2017

Informations about the Winery Johann Spelty

The winery offers 10 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Chinon in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Johann Spelty is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 150000 of of France wines
In the top 9500 of of Chinon wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 450000 wines of the world

The wine region of Chinon

The wine region of Chinon is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marc Brédif or the Château de Saint Louans produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chinon are Cabernet franc, Chenin blanc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chinon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, eucalyptus or orange and sometimes also flavors of cola, fig or game.


The wine region of Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.

News related to this wine

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Igé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Igé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ ...

The word of the wine: Long

Wine with persistence in the mouth. This persistence in the mouth of a wine is measured in caudalies.

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