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Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is mainly grown as a subsidiary grape in Bordeaux. When the grape is not used in a blend, it produces wine with redcurrant flavours.
In recent years, the grape has been planted in the New World, and is often used in Bordeaux-style wines from New Zealand and South Africa.
Being related to Cabernet Sauvignon, the flavours and textures are similar, with Cabernet Franc producing a lighter taste which is softer on the palate.
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- Origin
- Spain
A fruit forward wine with notes of raspberry jam and a mild hint of spice which comes through on the finish. Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Saint-Emilion
The high Merlot content of this wine aids its soft and approachable character. Plummy fruit, with hints of darker berry are well balanced by supple ta... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Right Bank
- Pomerol
A fresh and vibrant wine that is dominated by summer fruit and plum courtesy of a high Merlot content. A traditional Pomerol with superb depth and b... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- St-Julien
A well structured wine with firm tannins and a distinctive black fruit character. Drinking well now but will develop favourably over the next 5-10 yea... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Margaux
Dark ruby in colour with a toasty/redcurrant nose, leading to blackcurrant and liquorice flavours. Despite it's youth, the tannins are not overpowerin... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Right Bank
- Saint-Emilion
Expressive red fruits complement a brick/ruby colour and fine tannin gives a lingering finish of vanilla and blueberry fruit. Well balanced. Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Right Bank
- Saint-Emilion
A soft, plummy St Emilion which has a medium body and pleasent, velvety tannins. A superb food wine. Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Pauillac
Medium to full-bodied, supple textured, layered, rich, and long. This marks the renaissance of this fifth-growth Pauillac that is displaying strong si... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- St-Julien
A well structured wine with firm tannins and a distinctive black fruit character. Drinking well now but will develop favourably over the next 5-10 yea... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Medoc
Lots of black fruit flavour here with black cherry most detectable. The fruit is supported by supple tannins that make for a medium bodied wine that i... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Margaux
Still too young to tell exactly how this wine will develop but expect blackcurrant fruit to be surrounded by strong tannin and cedar. Softening with t... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Paulliac
Blackcurrant aromas are supported by subtle soft spice. The palate brings some blackberry notes with a hint of cedar and tobacco. Whilst not as intens... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Right Bank
- St-Emilion
A soft, plummy St Emilion which has a medium body and pleasent, velvety tannins. A superb food wine. Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Margaux
This outstanding vintage has all the rich fruit character you'd expect from Marguax with this wine's best arguably still to come. It is a touch more l... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Margaux
Blackcurrant fruit aromas fill the nose and are supported by hints of berry and even softer hints of spice. this is well structured and well balanced ... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Pauillac
Medium to full-bodied, supple textured, layered, rich, and long. This marks the renaissance of this fifth-growth Pauillac that is displaying strong si... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Right Bank
- St-Emilion
This is a soft well made wine. This wine has a wonderfully fruity aroma of dried prunes and raisins, firm on the palate with a long slightly drying fi... Read More -
- Origin
- France
This light and fruity yet deceptively complex red has a slightly green character nestled in amongst red summer berries and just a hint of spice. Can b... Read More -
- Origin
- Italy
Restrained ripe fruit on the nose presents itself with the same soft elegance on the palate with cassis by far the most dominant flavour. Black and re... Read More -
- Origin
- USA ~ California
Intense yet precise aromas of red fruit (raspberry and blackcurrant) complemented by notes of black pepper and laurel. Read More -
- Origin
- Argentina
Ripe cherries, strawberries and plum blend gracefully with soft subtle notes of vanilla and tobacco. The favours are complex and incredibly soft and b... Read More -
- Origin
- Argentina
A Bordeaux inspired blend, ripe blackberry fruit, damson and warming spice with subtle flavours of pencil lead, dark chocolate, cardamom and black pep... Read More -
- Origin
- France
- Bordeaux
- Left Bank
- Pauillac
An attractive deep colour with a great aroma of deep red berry fruits. Firmon the palate with great length and persistence on the finish. Read More -
- Origin
- France
A deliciously soft, full flavoured rosé with aromas of raspberries and redcurrants providing a long and elegant finish. Read More
Key Countries and Regions
France (Bordeaux, South-West France and the Loire), North-East Italy, Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and America (California and Washington State).
Colour and Flavours
Black, light- to medium-bodied with a marked fragrance. Common tastes are of summer fruits such as blackcurrants and redcurrants.
Synonyms
Petite Vidure, Petite Bidure, Breton, Plant Breton, Bouchet (in St Émilion), Gros Bouchet, Gros Cabernet, Grosse Vidure, Bouchy (when grown in Madiran, south-west France), Bordo and Cabernet Frank (both sometimes heard in north-east Italy) and Carmenet (in Médoc).
