Cabernet Franc

Discover our wines made from the Cabernet Franc grape variety

It gives more lively wines, less tannic than Cabernet Sauvignon.
And evokes fresher fruit like raspberry, and sometimes floral notes like violet.

Aromas
Red fruits, raspberry, currant, cherry, strawberry, blackcurrant, pepper, violet,
fern, undergrowth, green pepper, smoky notes

Flagship appellations
It is the only grape variety authorized in the red wines of the Loire Valley. In appellations: Chinon, Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny, etc.
It is majority in many wines from Libournais (Bordeaux Rive Droite).
In Saint-Emilion appellation, it is half blended with Merlot.

Did you know?
This grape variety is mainly present in some very classified grand crus of Saint-Emilion, in the famous Château Cheval-Blanc and Château Ausone. Also at Chateau Haut-Brion.
4 products
  • Château Le Tertre-Rôteboeuf 2012, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, bouteille
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  • Château Le Tertre-Rôteboeuf 2012, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, magnum, bouteille
    €360,00
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  • Château Ausone 2009, Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé A, bouteille
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    €1.680,0075cl
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  • Château Ausone 2006, Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé A, bouteille
    €1.680,00
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    €560,0075cl
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