Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion - Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion

Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion

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The Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion of Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion is a red wine from the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion from the Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion of Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

earthy, leather

Wine with oak taste

oak, tobacco

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with microbio taste

cream

On the nose the Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion of Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pepper or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or earth.

Details and technical informations about Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion's Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
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

Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion - 2018
In the top 100 of of Saint-Émilion wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0
Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion - 2017
In the top 100 of of Saint-Émilion wines
Average rating: 3.7 1 1 1 0.5 0
Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion - 2016
In the top 100 of of Saint-Émilion wines
Average rating: 3.6 1 1 1 0.5 0
Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion - 2015
In the top 100 of of Saint-Émilion wines
Average rating: 3.6 1 1 1 0.5 0
Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion - 2014
In the top 100 of of Saint-Émilion wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0
Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion - 2013
In the top 100 of of Saint-Émilion wines
Average rating: 3.4 1 1 1 0 0
Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion - 2012
In the top 100 of of Saint-Émilion wines
Average rating: 3.4 1 1 1 0 0

The best vintages of Château Francs-Bories Saint-Émilion from Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion are 2018, 2014, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

Informations about the Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion

The winery offers 50 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux
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The Winery Union de Producteurs de Saint-Émilion is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

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The wine region of Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Baron Philippe de Rothschild or the Château Le Chatelet produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of black fruits, savory or cocoa and sometimes also flavors of bramble, raisin or sour cherry.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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The word of the wine: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).

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