- Cabernet Franc often takes a back seat to other well-known international red grape varieties, like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
- As one of the most ancient and important varieties in the Bordeaux family, Cabernet Franc often fades in the limelight of its offspring; Cabernet Sauvignon.
- The aging potential of Cabernet Franc is good, with lighter ones peaking in three to five years, while more “serious” ones peak in seven to ten years.
- With Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon – the former a parent, with Sauvignon Blanc, of the latter – the statistics don’t lie.
- If France remains the largest producer of Cabernet Franc, it is mainly thanks to the wines of Bordeaux where it is used as a blend with Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Recent genetic tests confirm that the origin of Cabernet Sauvignon is to be attributed to a crossing between Cabernet Franc and the Sauvignon white grape variety.
- In fact, underripe Cabernet Sauvignon can smell remarkably like fully ripe Cabernet Franc, both of them exhibiting a certain leafy, currant bush aroma.
- Cabernet Franc is a black-skinned grape variety originally from the southwest of France, but now grown in wine regions all over the world.
- Cabernet franc: synonyms; characteristics of the grape variety and the wine produced; areas of cultivation; Italian DOCG and DOC wines where it is permitted.
- Cabernet Franc is an age old variety, and evidence suggests similarities of a wild vine, that have been selected and cultivated over time.