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Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is a red grape common to Bordeaux and the Loire, although it can be grown throughout the world, in California, Washington, New York, Italy and Canada, among other places. Characteristics include an herbal, leafy flavor and a soft, fleshy texture. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Cabernet Franc among our extensive Cabernet Franc wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Cabernet Franc reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Cabernet Franc, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.

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Le Macchiole 2007 Paleo Cabernet Franc (Toscana)

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Top 100 Cellar Selections 2011
Paleo (a pure expression of Cabernet Franc from Coastal Tuscany) is a drop dead gorgeous wine with amazing intensity and purity of aromas. You get it all here: Bright berry notes, drying mineral, exotic spice, cooling acidity and firm, satisfying structure. It’s a rich, velvety and beautiful wine that will award you a memorable drinking experience now or in 10…  — M.L.  (12/15/2010)
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Poggio al Tesoro 2007 Dedicato a Walter Cabernet Franc (Toscana)

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  1. $90
Top 100 Cellar Selections 2011
An impressive wine from an impressive vintage, this Tuscan expression of Cabernet Franc opens with opulent fruit notes of blackberry, prune, plum and ripe cherry backed by clove, pepper, leather and cigar box. The tannins are firm and silky and the fade is long and velvety.  — M.L.  (12/15/2010)
96
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Le Macchiole 2006 Paleo Cabernet Franc (Toscana)

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  1. $125
This beautiful vintage of Paleo (an oak-aged expression of Cabernet Franc) shows dark, inky intensity and loads of mature black fruit, spice, plum, prune and blackberry. It is extremely smooth and rich with a long-lasting fade that consists of fruit and clove-like flavors. Yet, the tannins are still firm, so put this wine aside in your cellar for at least five years.  — M.L.  (12/15/2010)
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Le Macchiole 2004 Paleo Cabernet Franc (Toscana)

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  1. $105
This Cabernet Franc is beautiful, with incredible succulence, persistence, heat, power and a full plate of enticing fragrances. Coffee, root beer, chocolate, Nutella, graham cracker and cherry liqueur are only a few elements of the wine’s complexity.  — M.L.  (4/1/2008)
95
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Merryvale 2008 Cabernet Franc (Napa Valley)

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A rare Cabernet Franc from Merry-vale, and a spectacular one. They’ve handled this finicky variety just right, although surely the addition of some Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec adds weight and tone. The wine is dry, richly tannic and enormously flavorful, offering waves of cherries, red currants, red licorice, cola, sweet cedar wood and even savory hints of bacon…  — S.H.  (11/1/2011)
95
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Le Macchiole 2008 Paleo Cabernet Franc (Toscana)

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Paleo is a landmark Italian expression of Cabernet Franc that is not at all bashful in terms of fullness and richness. Bold fruit and black cherry aromas have been soften by careful oak tones of spice and leather. Structured, firm but also velvety in texture, this wine needs more years to evolve.  — M.L.  (2/1/2012)
95
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Sineann 2008 Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))

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  1. $40
Certainly the finest Champoux vineyard Cabernet Franc yet from Sineann, this immense, concentrated wine blends a riot of dark fruits with baking spices, ground coffee, tobacco and caramel. Great concentration and depth, but drinking it now is robbing the cradle.  — P.G.  (5/1/2010)
95
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Poggio al Tesoro 2006 Dedicato a Walter Cabernet Franc (Toscana)

  1. $90
Score Chasers: Italy 2011
Poggio al Tesoro, located in coastal Tuscany, is showing amazing results with Cabernet Franc. This plush and decadent expression boasts rich extraction and a long list of ripe, dark fruit aromas. It’s a thick and meaty wine, with a smooth but rock-solid quality of tannin. Drink after 2015.  — M.L.  (10/1/2011)
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