Winery Keswick VineyardsCabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Cabernet Franc of the Winery Keswick Vineyards is in the top 20 of wines of Monticello.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cabernet Franc of Winery Keswick Vineyards 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 Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Cabernet Franc
The Cabernet Franc of Winery Keswick Vineyards matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, special' tagliatelle carbonara or forest rabbit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Keswick Vineyards's Cabernet Franc.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cabernet Franc from Winery Keswick Vineyards are 2017, 2016, 2015, 2019 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Keswick Vineyards
The Winery Keswick Vineyards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 45 wines for sale in the of Monticello to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monticello
Central Virginia AVA around Charlottesville, wine land dreamed by Thomas Jefferson from 1770. Cabernet Franc signature red: elegant and fresh with signature notes of red cherry, raspberry, bell pepper, fresh herbs, spice and peppery touch, fine tannins and thirst-quenching mouth — local reference. Viognier as Virginia's signature white (apricot, honey, flowers), dense Petit Verdot, taut Petit Manseng, ample Chardonnay. Blue Ridge Piedmont soils.
The wine region of Virginia
Quality pole of the American east coast, unique signature in Viognier: ample, fragrant whites with notes of apricot, white peach, honey and flowers, silky on the palate. Cabernet Franc star in red, fine and fresh (raspberry, ripe pepper, spices). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, balanced Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc and native Norton. Humid continental climate tempered by the Appalachians, 8 AVAs (Monticello, Shenandoah).
The word of the wine: Tanin
A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.
