How to Use cabernet franc in a Sentence

cabernet franc

noun

• The French wines include a sparkling rosé, grenache, grenache rosé, syrah, and cabernet franc.
  — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2018
• The third is a textbook cabernet franc from France’s Loire Valley.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
• The grapes are 85% cabernet sauvignon and 15% cabernet franc.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 23 May 2021
• This is a blend of seven parts semillon and three parts cabernet franc, two grapes that rarely see bubbles.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
• Cornas from the northern Rhône would go well, as would structured cabernet francs from the Loire Valley.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• This blend is also based on merlot, with some cabernet sauvignon and a soupçon of cabernet franc.
  — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
• At Bourgneuf, the blend is about 90 percent merlot and 10 percent cabernet franc, or bouchet, as it is often called here.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
• Sometimes they are blended with cabernet franc and côt, the local name for malbec.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• But the wines taste very different because the primary grape for white is chenin blanc; for rosé, it’s cabernet franc.
  — Elin McCoy, Bloomberg.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Fans of Virginia’s cabernet franc wines should taste this beauty from France’s Loire Valley.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
• The plan is to harvest six tons of chambourcin Monday, followed by five tons of cabernet franc Tuesday.
  — Harold Brubaker, Philly.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• The 2017 vintage from Domaine de Long Dai is a blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and marselan grapes.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
• The Loire Valley in France produces some delicious red wines from cabernet franc grapes.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2019
• This delicious red is 90 percent cabernet franc, with more or less equal smidgens of syrah plus the white grapes petit manseng and riesling.
  — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020
• This red blend is malbec, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
• The blend is 70 percent merlot, 30 percent cabernet franc.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
• Northern Rhône syrahs are beautiful with chicken, as is pinot noir or cabernet franc with duck.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
• Riesling, chardonnay and cabernet franc are the most important grapes.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• Salinas looks especially to cabernet franc from the Loire region of France.
  — Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
• One of their most notable bottles is Ohamba, which is a blend of shiraz, cabernet sauvignon, and cabernet franc.
  — Love Akinkunle, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2021
• Mencía resembles cabernet franc in texture and flavor, so fans of red wines from the Loire Valley and Virginia should enjoy this.
  — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
• This lovely wine is a blend of lemberger (also known as blaufrankisch), cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
• The blend of cabernet franc, pinot gris and dry riesling makes for a light drinking option with subtle strawberry and peach flavors and a crisp, citrusy brightness.
  — Amelia Goe, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2021
• Leelanau excels in chardonnay and sparkling wine, while Old Mission favors riesling, gamay and cabernet franc.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
• It’s made entirely from cabernet franc, which is unusual for Sonoma County, where pinot noir reigns in rosé.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
• Its merlot grapes were picked in mid-September and cabernet franc later in the month and into early October.
  — Guy Collins, Bloomberg.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• Winemaker Stephen Rigby harvested cabernet franc (and a little sauvignon blanc) for this wine two weeks before the rest of his reds, while the acidity in the grapes was still high.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
• Made from Oakville cabernet sauvignon, and a bit of Napa Valley cabernet franc, merlot and petit verdot.
  — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 20 June 2022
• Six Mile Creek Vineyard's tasting room offers panoramic views of the vineyard, award-winning cabernet franc, and live music on Thursdays.
  — Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
• The cabernet franc wines of the Loire have been perennially great values, and this remains true even though wine writers have for years been desperately trying to give away the secret.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024