Winery Potter SettlementCabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Potter Settlement's Cabernet Franc.
Discover the grape variety: Piquepoul noir
Supple, fruity reds with a clear ruby colour, soft tannins and a taut palate with pronounced acidity, showing aromas of red fruits (cherry, redcurrant), gentle spices and garrigue notes. Fresh, lively southern profile. A traditional component of Languedoc blends and one of 13 permitted varieties in Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC. Black-skinned variant of Picpoul, once more widespread in southern France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cabernet Franc from Winery Potter Settlement are 0, 2017
Informations about the Winery Potter Settlement
The Winery Potter Settlement is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Ontario to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Ontario
World reference for Canadian Icewine: exceptional sweet wines from grapes frozen on the vine, golden colour, signature notes of candied apricot, mango, honey, citrus and exotic fruits, opulent sugar balanced by taut acidity (Vidal for fruit, Riesling for finesse). Cool-climate still wines: mineral, lively Riesling, precise Chardonnay, fine Pinot Noir (cherry, undergrowth), peppery Cabernet Franc. ~5,500 ha on the Niagara Peninsula between Lake Ontario and the escarpment, VQA.
The word of the wine: Véraison
A phase in the vegetative cycle of the vine that takes place in summer, usually in August, when the grapes change colour from green to red (for reds) or yellow (for whites). This stage heralds the beginning of ripening.
