Cabernet Franc
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2020 St Nicolas de Bourgueil, Les Rouillères, Frédéric Mabileau, Loire
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2020
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13.0% Alcohol
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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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2022 St Nicolas de Bourgueil, Les Rouillères, Frédéric Mabileau, Loire
Red
2022
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12.5% Alcohol
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£21.00
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2022 Saumur Rouge, Mazurique, Arnaud Lambert, Loire
Red
2022
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2020 Saumur-Champigny, Les Closiers, Domaine des Closiers, Loire
Red
2020
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13.0% Alcohol
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£22.00
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2021 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2021
Ready - Mature
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
Ready - Mature
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
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£23.00
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2018 Bourgueil, Les Vingt Lieux Dits, 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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2021 Saumur Rouge, Domaine Guiberteau, Loire
Red
2021
Ready - youthful
Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£23.50
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2020 Bourgueil, Jour de Soif, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2020
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£24.00
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2022 Bourgueil, Les Vingt Lieux Dits, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2022
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13.5% Alcohol
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2021 Bourgueil, Les Vingt Lieux Dits, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2021
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£25.00
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2022 Chinon, Les Granges, Bernard Baudry, Loire
Red
2022
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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2021 Chinon, Le Domaine, Bernard Baudry, Loire
Red
2021
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£25.00
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2022 Saumur-Champigny, Les Closiers, Domaine des Closiers, Loire
Red
2022
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13.5% 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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13.0% 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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£27.00
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2020 Chinon, Rouge, Les Charmes, Charles Joguet, Loire
Red
2020
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Medium Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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£27.50
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2018 Chinon Rouge, Vieilles Vignes, Philippe Alliet, Loire
Red
2018
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13.0% Alcohol
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£28.50
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2020 Bourgueil, Les Marsaules, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2020
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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2019 Bourgueil, Les Marsaules, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2019
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Medium Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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£29.70
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2017 Anjou, Cuvée Violette, Clau de Nell, Loire
Red
2017
Ready - Mature
Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£30.00
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2021 Anjou, Cabernet Franc, Clau de Nell, Loire
Red
2021
Ready - Mature
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
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£30.00
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2020 Anjou, Cabernet Franc, Clau de Nell, Loire
Red
2020
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% 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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14.0% Alcohol
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£30.60
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2020 Anjou, Cuvée Violette, Clau de Nell, Loire
Red
2020
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£33.00
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2021 Anjou, Cuvée Violette, Clau de Nell, Loire
Red
2021
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13.0% Alcohol
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2017 Bourgueil, Les Marsaules, Domaine du Bel Air, Loire
Red
2017
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Medium Bodied
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13.0% Alcohol
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£34.00
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2021 Chinon, Les Grézeaux, Bernard Baudry, Loire
Red
2021
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12.0% Alcohol
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2021 Saumur-Champigny, Les Coudraies, Domaine des Closiers, Loire
Red
2021
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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.