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
• Here’s a textbook cabernet franc, with juicy cherry flavors scented with olive and tea.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• 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
• This lovely rosé is made of cabernet franc from local vineyards with notes of lime, Meyer lemon and heaps of mineral expression.
  — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024