Cabernet Franc is a black grape variety. It`s a parent grape of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Carménère. There are flavours of strawberry, raspberry, bell pepper, crushed gravel, chilli pepper.
The wine would be from medium to full in body, with high tannins, and high acidity.
Food to pair: tomato-based dishes, vinegar-based sauces, rich veggies like black beluga lentils, goat’s cheeses, eggplant parmigiana, light meats, like chicken or turkey, roasted meats such as roasted lamb, wild game, and rich lentil stews.
A great example of well rounded Bordeaux wine at a reasonable price. Difficult to find!
An approachable style of Claret that has a ripe and round plummy nose with a hint of wood spice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Full bodied and well structured, this is a lean and quite austere wine with gentle tannins.
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
ABV: 14%
Grapes: 60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon
Food Match: Lamb, hard cheeses
Chateau Buisson Redon - The 41 hectare single block estate, owned by the Seze family since 1918, produces Chateau Buisson Redon and, with parcels sited within Fronsac AOC, Chateau Mayne Vieille.
Meet Cabaret Frank & his Fabulous Facial Furniture! A 'proper' wine that, for the money, is generous on all fronts.
Made predominantly from Old Vine Cabernet Franc, the balance of Cabernet Sauvignon brings out even more of the finesse to this wine. Full, rich and dark with cherry fruits and a smoky twist.
Country: USA
Region: Lodi, California
ABV: 14%
Grapes: 85% Cabernet Franc 15% Cabernet Sauvignon
In The Vineyard: The Cabernet Franc grapes are harvested from 'old vines' (35 years) sourced from the world's largest grower of this varietal, which is located in Lodi, Central California
Cuvee Jean Paul Rosé
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A delicious French Rose with all the style and sophistication that characterise French wines.
Vivid pale strawberry pink with aromas of crushed red berries and appealing soft fruity flavours. Dry with plenty of fruit with some crunchy acidity on the finish. This is an easy drinking fresh rosé with real character.
Country: France
Region: Gascony
ABV: 12%
Grapes: 40% Tannat, 30% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc
Vinified from the local Tannat grape variety with some Cabernet Franc and Merlot, harvested fully ripe in October. In the winery the secret of modern rosé vinification is to capture all the delicate aromatics and flavours of red grape varieties but then to cool vinify the pale-coloured juice with all the expertise of white wine vinification.
Silver Myn Rosé
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This is superb value for money rosé, 100% Cabernet Franc rose from the slopes of Stellenbosch's Simonsburg Mountain.
Country: South Africa
Region: Bankhoek, Stellenbosch
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 13.5%
Zorgvliet's focus is entirely Bordelaise so a Cab Franc rose is a natural fit and a delightfully different product within our South African portfolio. Pale onion skin colour with bright, crunchy red cherry fruit flavours and a full, textural finish.
The Ladybird Organic Red 2019
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Complex nose with hints of spice, chocolate and mocha. Good structure with plum and mineral complexity and a lingering finish.
Deep and concentrated on the nose, it opens up on the palate to reveal crisp cassis fruit with smoky edges and a hint of green pepper all hung on a ripe firm structure. Excellent balance. Excellent wine.
Country: South Africa
Region: Robertson
ABV:14%
Grape Varieties: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
Harvested at full seed ripeness. Cold macerated uncrushed in open fermenters for 10 days. Punched through 3 times daily. 3 weeks alcoholic fermentation, only free run used. 100% malolatic fermentation in barrel. 24 months barrel maturation in 1st and 2nd fill Sequin Moreau 300l barriques. 4 years bottle maturation at 14°C. Terroir is very gentle, southerly with chalk soil and calcrete formations. Climate is moderate summer with low night temperatures, cold winter.
An intense ruby red wine. Very fresh and full bodied, lovely finish. Perfect with game or aged cheeses.
Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 12.5%
Half Bottle Laibach The Ladybird Organic Red 2017
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Complex nose with hints of spice, chocolate and mocha. Good structure with plum and mineral complexity and a lingering finish.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet, Petit Verdot & Malbec
ABV: 14.5%
Silver Myn Argentum 2022
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This is superb value for money, a Merlot dominant Bordeaux blend from the slopes of Stellenbosch's Simonsberg Mountain.
Country: South Africa
Region: Bankhoek, Stellenbosch
Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
ABV: 14.5%
This blend from the Bordelaise specialists of Banghoek Valley is brim full of ripe, bramble and plummy fruit with dark curranty corners. Bright, fresh and gently leafy on the finish.
Garage Wine Co Higueras Cabernet Franc 2018
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A very convincing, fresh, expressive bouquet with pure brambly, briary black fruit and freshly tilled earth. The palate is medium- bodied to full with crisp black cherry and blueberry fruit. The tannins are fine and edgy, while the finish is beautifully composed and contains Margaux- like femininity. This is extremely well-crafted Cabernet Franc, with a surfeit of personality.
Country: Chile
Region: Maipo Valley
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 14.5%
Canadian ex-ski coach, Derek Mossmann Knapp, is the enfant terrible of the Chilean wine scene. He set up Garage Wine Co. with his wife Pilar Miranda and Dr. Alvaro Pena in 2001 with the intention of being the polar opposite to the big, established companies that dominate the Chilean market.
Château Beau- Site Cru Bourgeois St Esteph 2018
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Remarkably great value for money Bordeaux. The majority of it is Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend yielding a wine with ripe and concentrated blackcurrant fruit, balanced oak and good structure. A typical St-Estèphe full of power and attitude.
Rich, dark purple in the glass with an intense perfume of cassis, plum and violets. On the palate, it is full and rich, with blackcurrant and raspberry fruit characters balancing well with soft tannins, and hint of classic St-Estèphe minerality.
Country: France
Region: St-Estèphe, Bordeaux
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Merlot 30%, Cabernet Franc 7%, Petit Verdot 3%
ABV:13%
Fabien Duveau Saumur Champigny ‘Les Menais’ 2022
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From one of the most respected domaines in Saumur. A fresh nose of fruit (Blueberries and raspberries), pencil shavings and spices. The palate is full-bodied, yet soft, with dark fruit flavours. A red wine full of joy and possibility!
Country: France
Region: Saumur Champigny
Grapes: Cabernet Franc
ABV: 13%
Wildeberg Red Franschhoek 2022
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Warm and spicy on the nose, aromas of fresh crushed raspberries and black cherry mingle with black pepper, allspice and woodsmoke. The palate has breadth and natural juiciness combining fresh cranberry and red berry fruit with spicy, peppercorn flavours. Best served at cool room temperature.
Country: South Africa
Region: Franschhoek
Grapes: Syrah 90%, Cabernet Franc 10%
ABV: 13%
Wildeberg’s rationale is to source the finest vineyards available to us across Franschhoek and the Coastal Region, from which cuvées the eyes are plucked to make Wildeberg and the Terroir Series releases. In doing so there remains a small yet definitive expression of all the vineyards we worked with, and its these cuvees that are again selected to go into Coterie by Wildeberg. Barrel fermented for 20 months
Las Veletas Petit Verdot Cabernet Franc 2019
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A beautiful deep purple colour. Floral and herbal notes like lavender and mint on the nose, with mineral hints of graphite, cigars box and cedar. Fresh and elegant palate, fresh acidity, smooth tannins, a long finish. You can drink it now or it can be aged by 7 years.
You’ve probably heard of the quaint beach town of Hermanus, situated on South Africa’s famous Whale Coast. Between 1855 and 1902, it was called Hermanuspietersfontein. In 1902, the local postmaster decided to shorten the name of the town to make addressing letters to the locals easier.
150 years later, the wine farm Hermanuspietersfontein, or HPF for short, craft outstanding wines with a serious sense of place. Their grapes come from Sondagskloof (they produce 90% of WO Sondagskloof wine), which competes with Elgin and the Ceres Plateau for South Africa’s coolest wine growing region. This area is perfectly suited to Bordeaux varietals and, with the exception of Shiraz, is exclusively planted with them. The Afrikaans wine names might look like a bit of a mouthful, but they are good fun; Bloos (‘blush’), Kaalvoet Meisie (‘barefoot girl’), Kat Met Die Houtbeen (‘cat with the wooden leg’), Posmeester (‘postmaster’), Kleinboet (‘little brother’) and Swartskaap (‘black sheep’).
Tenuta di Trinoro "Le Cupole"2017/2020
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Intense nose, full of beautiful ripe fruit. Bold, mature and elegant, with excellent tannin structure and length. Very complex.
Fifth growth Château Batailley's 2016 vintage is superb. Precise and fresh with great purity of fruit. Elegant and poised with supple tannins. Great value Bordeaux.
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux, St Julien
Grapes: 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc
ABV: 14.5%
The name is said to be derived from a battle fought 600 years ago between the French and the English on the same site as the present Chateau.
Waterkloof BOREAS 2020
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Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, but BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.
Complex aromas of redcurrant, plum and red cherry with cedar and spice notes with a hint of pencil shaving. The predominance of Cabernet Franc gives a wine an elegance with lifted berry fruit and a supple, finely structured mid palate. Firm yet fine tannins frame the spicy, long finish.
Country : South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
Grape: Cabernet Franc 51%, Merlot 25%, Petit Verdot 14%
ABV: 14%
Food Match: Beef short rib, roast lamb or t-bone steak
'A serious, refined and age worthy Cabernet Franc-based South African red that is excellent value' - Jancis Robinson Feb 2024
Sarget Gruaud Larose St Julien 2018
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An elegant perfumed nose of dark fruits, blackcurrant, cassis, spice, cinnamon and mocha. Quite tight and taut on the palate with a refreshing weight on the mid-palate and fine-grained tannins on the finish. Great special occasion food wine, opens up beautifully with decanting.
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux, St Julien
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon 59%, Merlot 31%, Petit Verdot 6%, Cabernet Franc 4%
ABV: 13.5%
Food Match: perfect with beef Wellington
De Trafford Elevation 393 2014
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Deep red colour. Lifted aromas of fruitcake and tomato paste, cinnamon, cloves and smoky blackberry emerging too. Syrah spice complimenting the Bordeaux varietals and new oak component nicely integrated. Elegant dry tannin running with the complex spicy fruit from beginning to end of a long fine finish. Best 2023 to 2030.
Deep-ruby in colour, red-fruit and cedar notes. The wine is fresh on the palate with the notes of redcurrant and cranberry. The finish is long.
Grapes: Merlot (80%), Cabernet Franc (15%), Cabernet Sauvignon (5%).
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Appellation: Pomerol
ABV: 14,5%
Chateau La Picherie Montagne Saint Emilion 2022
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Deliciously plump fruit, poised, refined and very approachable. Plum, some bitter cherry fruit, clove, cinnamon nose. Spicy up front and smooth, rounded fruit.
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux, Montagne St Emilion
ABV: 14%
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Vasilikon Kathikas Agios Onoufrios 2022
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A great introduction to Cypriot red wine: soft, juicy, supple and super easy drinking.
Country: Cyprus
Region: PGI Paphos
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Lefkada, Syrah and Cabernet Franc
Food match: Grilled meat or pastitsio (traditional Greek beef mince and pasta dish)
Waterford The Jem 2017
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Deep ruby garnet in colour, the nose is perfumed with layers of cedar wood, white pepper, black olive and clove which compliment notes of black plum, prune and mulberry fruit with a seem of blackcurrant. Elegant, dried cranberry on the palate moving into rich plum flavours supported by hints of cassis and perfumed, sweet tobacco leaf lingering with a finish that is long and structured.
Country: South Africa
Region: Stellenbosch
ABV: 14%
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon 50%, Shiraz 23%, Merlot 7%, Mourvèdre 6%, Sangiovese 5%, Cabernet Franc 4%, Petit Verdot 3%, Barbera 2%
Food Match: This bold and beautiful wine calls for hearty meals – complex, concentrated layers of fruit and sweet, firm, rounded tannins will compliment rich stews and pair perfectly with venison, roast lamb or beef, while the finesse and elegance of the wine will stand up to matured cheeses such as Cheddar.
