Cab.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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2021 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2021
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13.0% Alcohol
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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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£22.00
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2019 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2019
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13.0% Alcohol
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2020 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Gauthier, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2020
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13.0% Alcohol
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£35.00
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2018 Saumur-Champigny, Clos Moleton, Arnaud Lambert, Loire
Red
2018
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13.5% Alcohol
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£65.00
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2016 El Enemigo, Gran Enemigo, Single Vineyard, Gualtallary, Mendoza, Argentina
Red
2016
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Full Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£213.00
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2014 Saumur-Champigny, Clos Rougeard, Loire
Red
2014
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12.5% Alcohol
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£243.00
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2013 Saumur-Champigny, Clos Rougeard, Loire
Red
2013
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12.5% Alcohol
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£243.00
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2015 Saumur-Champigny, Clos Rougeard, Loire
Red
2015
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12.5% Alcohol
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£308.00
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2005 Saumur-Champigny, Clos Rougeard, Loire
Red
2005
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12.5% Alcohol
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£507.00
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2016 Saumur-Champigny, Le Bourg, Clos Rougeard, Loire
Red
2016
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12.5% Alcohol
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£1,263.00
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2018 Cuvée Hommage Elisabeth Bouchet, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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Full Bodied
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14.5% Alcohol
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2009 Château Cheval Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2009
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14.0% Alcohol
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2014 Château Cheval Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2014
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13.5% Alcohol
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2014 Paleo, Le Macchiole, Tuscany, Italy
Red
2014
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Full Bodied
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14.5% Alcohol
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2015 Château Cheval Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2015
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14.5% Alcohol
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2017 Saumur-Champigny, Clos de l'Echelier, Roches Neuves
Red
2017
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13.0% Alcohol
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2017 Château Cheval Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2017
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12.5% Alcohol
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2018 Château Cheval Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2018
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2006 Suisassi Syrah, Duemani Luca D'Attoma
Red
2006
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2012 Saumur-Champigny, Clos Rougeard, Loire
Red
2012
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Medium Bodied
Dry
12.5% Alcohol
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2012 Château Cheval Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2012
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13.5% Alcohol
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2012 Duemani Duemani Toscana IGT
Red
2012
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Full Bodied
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14.5% Alcohol
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2019 Château Cheval Blanc, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2019
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Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2019 Le Petit Cheval, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Red
2019
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14.5% Alcohol
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2018 Saumur-Champigny, Franc de Pied, Domaine des Roches Neuves, Thierry Germain, Loire
Red
2018
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Full Bodied
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12.5% Alcohol
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2018 Saumur-Champigny, Clos de l'Echelier, Domaine des Roches Neuves,Thierry Germain, Loire
Red
2018
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13.5% Alcohol
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2018 Saumur-Champigny, La Marginale, Domaine des Roches Neuves, Loire
Red
2018
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Full Bodied
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13.5% 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.