Although being one of the main grape varieties of the great wines of Bordeaux (F), Cabernet Franc finds its ancestral origins in the Spanish Basque Country, from where it spread in Gironde, then in the Loire where it became one of the most cultivated reds. The DNA test revealed that he is the progenitor of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère. In Switzerland, this grape variety of medium maturity and little fungal disease is cultivated in particular in Romandie and Ticino, where it gives wines with aromas of violets, marked by tannins with more or less herbaceous notes depending on the yields.
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Hybrid
Other names: Cabernet Franc
Allogenic
75 HA
0.5%
Aroma Potential
Gives a quality wine, very structured, fragrant, less colored than that obtained with cabernet-sauvignon and less rich in tannins, thus allowing faster aging.Aromas of cocoa, blackcurrant (sometimes mixed with vegetal notes of burl wood), quince, spices, ivy leaf, fern, strawberry, raspberry, very ripe fruit, menthol notes, dry pepper, green pepper, undergrowth, tobacco, violet
Cacao
Blackcurrant
Quince
Spices
Raspberry
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