red grape
Cabernet Franc
Ancient variety; a parent of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
Buds and ripens earlier than Cabernet Sauvignon with thinner skins; tolerates cooler soils, which is why it thrives on Right Bank limestone and clay (Saint-Émilion) and serves as aromatic insurance in Left Bank blends.
Structure tendencies
- body
- medium
- tannin
- medium — finer-boned than Cabernet Sauvignon
- acidity
- medium-plus
- alcohol
- medium
tendencies in prose, as read by critics/consensus — not measured ordinals
Classic descriptors
fruit
red currant
in your cellar: 3 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Gloria 2020floral & herbal
violet
in your cellar: 13 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Gloria 2022Château Laroque 2022Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Massolino Barolo 2016Château Pontet-Canet 2022bell pepper
not in any of your bottles yettomato leaf
not in any of your bottles yetearth & mineral
crushed gravel
in your cellar: 5 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Gloria 2020Château Pontet-Canet 2022oak & spice
cedar
in your cellar: 9 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Gloria 2022Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Château Pontet-Canet 2022tertiary
tobacco
in your cellar: 13 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019Château Larmande 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Massolino Barolo 2016Château Pontet-Canet 2022Brings perfume (violet), red fruit, and a savoury leafy edge (pyrazines) to blends; in Saint-Émilion it adds lift and structure alongside Merlot.
In your cellar, from
In your cellar · 9
Les Forts de Latour 2017Pauillac AOC · 2017$163.99Château Pontet-Canet 2021Pauillac AOC · 2021$84.99Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Pomerol AOC · 2015$114.99Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Saint-Julien AOC · 2010$174.99Château Larmande 2005Saint-Émilion AOC · 2005$59.99Château Gloria 2022Saint-Julien AOC · 2022$49.99Château Gloria 2020Saint-Julien AOC · 2020$44.99Château Laroque 2022Saint-Émilion AOC · 2022$39.99Château Pontet-Canet 2022Pauillac AOC · 2022$139.99