Cabernet Franc
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2020 St Nicolas de Bourgueil, Les Rouillères, Frédéric Mabileau, Loire
Red
2020
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13.0% Alcohol
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£19.50
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2021 Saumur Rouge, Clos Mazurique, Arnaud Lambert, Loire
Red
2021
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13.5% Alcohol
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£21.00
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2019 Saumur-Champigny, Expression, Domaine des Closiers, Loire
Red
2019
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14.0% Alcohol
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£22.00
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2021 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2021
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£22.00
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2020 Saumur-Champigny, Les Closiers, Domaine des Closiers, Loire
Red
2020
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Full Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£22.00
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2017 Chinon, Philippe Alliet, Loire
Red
2017
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£23.00
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2014 Bourgueil, Cuvée Prestige, Domaine Lamé Delisle Boucard, Loire
Red
2014
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13.0% Alcohol
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£23.00
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2018 Bourgueil, Les Vingt Lieux Dits, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2018
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Medium Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£23.00
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2019 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2019
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£25.00
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2021 Saumur-Champigny, Les Closiers, Domaine des Closiers, Loire
Red
2021
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Full Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£25.00
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2021 Bolgheri Rosso, Le Macchiole, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2021
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Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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£27.00
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2017 Chinon Rouge, Vieilles Vignes, Philippe Alliet, Loire
Red
2017
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£28.00
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2019 Saumur-Champigny, Les Coudraies, Domaine des Closiers, Loire
Red
2019
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14.0% Alcohol
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£30.00
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2021 Chinon, Rouge, Clos du Noyer, Domaine Grosbois, Loire
Red
2021
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Medium Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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£30.00
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2020 Saumur-Champigny, Les Coudraies, Domaine des Closiers, Loire
Red
2020
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Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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£33.00
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2017 Bourgueil, Les Marsaules, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2017
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£33.00
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2020 Chinon, L'Huisserie, Domaine Philippe Alliet, Loire
Red
2020
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13.5% Alcohol
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£34.00
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2016 Anjou, Cabernet Franc, Clau de Nell, Loire
Red
2016
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£36.50
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2019 Mai & Kenji Hodgson, Flotsam Rouge, Vin de France
Red
2019
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Full Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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£40.00
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2017 Keermont, Cabernet Franc, Pondok Rug, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Red
2017
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Medium Bodied
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15.0% Alcohol
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£43.00
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2018 Chinon, Rouge, Clôture, Domaine Grosbois, Loire
Red
2018
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Medium Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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£45.50
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2020 Mai & Kenji Hodgson, Ô Galarneau! Rouge, Vin de France
Red
2020
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Full Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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£46.00
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2016 Chinon, Coteau de Noiré, Philippe Alliet, Loire
Red
2016
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Medium Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£46.00
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2017 Bourgueil, Grand-Mont, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2017
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Medium Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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£49.00
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2019 Ferme de la Sansonnière, Les Gélinettes, Vin de France
Red
2019
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Full Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£50.00
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2019 Saumur Rouge, Clos de l'Étoile, Arnaud Lambert, Loire
Red
2019
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13.5% Alcohol
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£50.00
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2021 Ferme de la Sansonnière, Les Gélinettes, Vin de France
Red
2021
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13.5% Alcohol
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£60.50
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2020 Mvemve Raats, MR de Compostella, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Red
2020
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14.5% Alcohol
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£69.50
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2018 Saumur, Rouge, Les Arboises, Domaine Guiberteau, Loire
Red
2018
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Medium Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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£73.50
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2019 Saumur, Rouge, Les Arboises, Domaine Guiberteau, Loire
Red
2019
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Medium Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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Cabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard - it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St.Emilion where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils - Cheval Blanc is the most famous Cabernet Franc wine in the world, with the final blend consisting of up to 65% of the grape.
Cabernet Franc thrives in the Loire where the cooler growing conditions serve to accentuate the grape's herbaceous, grassy, lead pencil aromas. The best wines come from the tuffeaux limestone slopes of Chinon and Bourgeil where growers such as Jacky Blot produce intense well-structured wines that possess excellent cellaring potential.