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)
- Cellar Selection
- $125
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)
Le Macchiole 2009 Paleo Cabernet Franc (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $130
Made from 100% Cabernet Franc, Paleo opens with concentrated, sweet-smelling aromas of plum, cherry and cinnamon, which translate to the palate with added notes of spice, leather and tobacco. This is bold, opulent and delicious, and it’s guaranteed to please. Hold for 10 years or more.
— M.L.
(4/1/2013)
Le Macchiole 2004 Paleo Cabernet Franc (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $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)
Le Macchiole 2006 Paleo Cabernet Franc (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $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)
Poggio al Tesoro 2007 Dedicato a Walter Cabernet Franc (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $90
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)
Pride Mountain 2000 Cabernet Franc (Sonoma County)
- Cellar Selection
- $52
It’s easy to make Cab Franc tasty almost anywhere, but difficult to make it great. Pride succeeds in the latter with mountain grapes that concentrate flavors. Lush, opulent blackberry fruit is exquisitely offset with rich oak and dusty tannins. The texture is fabulous, at once light and dense.
— S.H.
(12/1/2002)
Poggio al Tesoro 2005 Dedicato a Walter Cabernet Franc (Toscana)
- Cellar Selection
- $80
This 100% Cabernet Franc is dedicated to the late brother of Marilisa Allegrini (co-owner of the 110-acre estate). This is a top-notch wine, with succulence, intensity and outstanding wood integration. The spice, chocolate, campfire and leather notes blend seamlessly. In the mouth, the wine is vibrant and long-lasting, with chocolate notes on the finish.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Sineann 2008 Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Editors' Choice
- $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)
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