Cabernet Franc
Connections
Quotes
1) The triduum (Thursday's Fiver), as you might have guessed by the name, lasts three days - Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Then it stops, before Easter day starts. 2) Château Petrus Merlot (Thursday's Fiver) does not exist. No wine from Bordeaux has a grape name on the label. And anyway, Petrus is only 95% merlot, 'cos they add 5% Cabernet franc. But I liked the line about crossesMore quotes »
Around the web
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Calcu Cabernet Franc
fruit to leaf ratio on the vines was too high—preventing the grapes from fully ripening. Chile isn’t particularly known for cabernet franc, but that’s where this one was produced. To be more specific, this comes from the Colchagua Valley in Chile. And based 6/19/13 from Cheap wine ratings Read more »
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Steven Kent "Small Lot Offering" 2010 Cabernet Franc
Notes: Cabernet Franc is one of the more intensely interesting of varieties that we work with. In the nose the wine is replete with aromatic richness: earth, sandalwood, white and black pepper, and floral notes reminiscent of the Loire Valley. In the mouth, 6/19/13 from Ken's Wine Guide Read more »
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Dr Konstantin Frank 2010 Cabernet Franc
are nicely prolonged. This wine would pair well with slow cooked braised short ribs. Enjoy – Ken Winemaker Notes: The 2010 Cabernet Franc presents a nose of roasted red pepper and prune accentuated by oaky and spicy notes. On the palate, this wine displays from Ken's Wine Guide Read more »
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Good fruit set for Lake County grape grower
last of Steele Wines’ nine grape varieties in its Lake County vineyards – Cabernet Franc and Semillon – have finished blooming. The Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel were the first to bloom about two weeks earlier. Although just slightly ahead of the normal from Delta Farm Press Read more »
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A week on (and on and on) the wine trail in California
and varieties. We tasted Barbera, Teroldego, Cabernet Franc, Primitivo, Graciano and Pilotage along with the usual suspects. Cabernet Franc was a huge surprise, a wine that I don’t warm up to so easily. I think we will see big things coming soon about this from On the wine trail in Italy, Cevola Read more »
