- 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.
- 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.
- Cabernet Franc often takes a back seat to other well-known international red grape varieties, like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
- In Australia, I find we have a lot of Cabernet Sauvignon but don’t hear all that much about one of its parents, Cabernet Franc.
- However, in the light of Cabernet Franc’s position of being compared with the beefy Cabernet Sauvignon, I am going to indulge myself just this once.
- Cabernet Franc is also a parent, alongside Sauvignon Blanc, of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, as well as a parent grape to Merlot and Carmenère.
- With Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon – the former a parent, with Sauvignon Blanc, of the latter – the statistics don’t lie.
- Cabernet Franc is a black-skinned grape variety originally from the southwest of France, but now grown in wine regions all over the world.
- 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.
- One of the oldest cultivated grape varieties, cabernet franc has been an underappreciated supporting player to its bolder relative, cabernet sauvignon, for centuries.