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SP68 is a road but it is also a young wine. Cool and pleasant, with a delicate taste that it brings the flavour of...
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100% Cabernet Franc. The Granges vines are an 8-hectare site along the Vienne River in Cravant, just below the...
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The 2005 Ausone is magnificent. A wine of soaring intensity and class, the 2005 dazzles from the very first taste....
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The 2005 Château Barde-Haut showed beautifully and was one of the gems in the lineup. Offers loads of ripe dark...
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The Grand Vin, the 2005 Beychevelle is a gorgeous wine, with plenty of crème de cassis, floral notes, underbrush and...
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The nose is just utterly delicious, smoky and seductive. This is why you don't drink St-Julien in a great vintage too...
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The 2005 Brane-Cantenac is fabulous. Effusive and explosive to the core, the 2005 possesses tons of energy and...
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The 2005 Brane-Cantenac is fabulous. Effusive and explosive to the core, the 2005 possesses tons of energy and...
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Tight and dense still but so integrated and seamless in texture. Aromas of chocolate, hazelnuts, dried spices and...
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This fragrant, lush, seductive wine offers up plum, Christmas spices and crème de cassis. This dense garnet/purple...
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The 2005 Château Clerc Milon is flat out awesome, it would certainly be one of those giant killers in a blind...
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A lesson in genuinely great wine, the 2005 Cos d’Estournel is a monster of a wine that delivers an incredible level...
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This is almost the perfect time to drink this wine, although it still needs decanting to bring out the plush strokes...
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Wonderful balance of fruit with currant and chocolate character. Full body with integrated tannins and a clean...
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A gorgeously silky, juicy and balanced glass of wine, this combines elegant richness of sweet cocoa and blackberry,...
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This property, which has benefitted enormously from tremendous investments from the Rothschild family that owns...
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Barrel sample. Dark, dry and tannic this wine currently offers little in the way of fruit. The tannins are firm,...
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The tightrope stage of a wine as it shifts from young to mature, the tertiary notes coming to the fore are very...
Cabernet Franc Italian Red Blends Red Bordeaux 2005 2023 750ml
Cabernet Franc is not simply an important grape varietal for the fact that it is one of the most widely grown strains of vine in the world, but also because it is a vital grape in the production of many of the finest wines the world has ever seen. For centuries in its native France, it has been a varietal synonymous with elegance and high quality, and has become a key fruit in the production of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux-style blended wines which have gone down in history thanks to their magnificent flavors, aromas and levels of aged complexity. However, Cabernet Franc is also a wine grape varietal for use in single variety, unblended wines, and has plenty to offer on its own. Most commonly, it is renowned for its wide bouquet, which often includes fascinating notes of tobacco, violets or bell pepper over a beautifully pale and decadent liquid.
There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.