Winery VylyanVillányi Cabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Villányi Cabernet Franc of Winery Vylyan in the region of Dél-Pannónia often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Villányi Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Villányi Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Villányi Cabernet Franc
The Villányi Cabernet Franc of Winery Vylyan matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), blue cord or duck legs with honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vylyan's Villányi 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 Villányi Cabernet Franc from Winery Vylyan are 2016, 0, 2015
Informations about the Winery Vylyan
The Winery Vylyan is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 47 wines for sale in the of Villány to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Villány
Hungary's hottest region, kingdom of powerful reds in the south. Signature Cabernet Franc ("Villányi Franc"): deep and refined with notes of ripe blackcurrant, black pepper, violet, graphite and tobacco, firm tannins and great ageing potential. Also fleshy, spicy Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch), supple, fruity Portugieser, round Merlot and dense Cabernet Sauvignon. Successful Bordeaux blends.
The wine region of Dél-Pannónia
Southern Hungary (Pécs, Szekszárd, Villány, Tolna), ~7,800 ha on loess and limestone, continental climate with Mediterranean influences — bastion of great Hungarian reds. Kékfrankos and Kadarka signatures as native red kings: spiced and structured with black cherry, blackberry, plum, paprika, pepper and smoky hint, firm tannins. Ripe Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon in Bordeaux blends at Villány. Specialities Szekszárdi Bikavér and unique Cirfandli white at Pécs (spiced, honeyed).
The word of the wine: Noble rot
A fungus called botrytis cinerea that develops during the over-ripening phase, an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
