Loire Valley Cabernet Franc

Croix Boissée is Baudry's top bottling; it comes from very old vines on gravel and sandy soils with a layer of white limestone subsoil that gives the wine that unique mineral backbone and structural depth that sets... Read More

Château de Chaintres produces this cuvée from one of their best and oldest parcels: a 1940 planting (hence the name: the year of plantation in Roman numerals) of Cabernet Franc in the heart of the clos. Aged in a... Read More

The nose is a little restrained, showing progressively a lot of black and red currant and cranberry, hibiscus tea and black cardamom. In the palate, it is a superbly balanced wine, with some chiseled tannins enhanced by the lingering... Read More

This cabernet franc comes from 50 year-old vines on the southern-facing hillside vineyards of Les Clos, where the soil is comprised of siliceous clay covered with large flint. The wine is fermented in concrete and is raised in... Read More

Thierry Germain is one of the Loire Valley’s most pensive and ever-experimenting vignerons. Whereas some winemakers who can be described this way produce eccentric cuvées, Thierry’s Cabernet Franc bottlings... Read More

100% Cabernet Franc sourced from three parcels of old vines which lie on silty and sandy topsoils over limestone on the Brézé hill. Entirely destemmed and naturally fermented in concrete before spending 12 months... Read More

The domaine’s outstanding “Cuvée Prestige” comes from three steep hillside parcels of Cabernet Franc planted in clay-limestone: Beauvais, Brunetières, and Bézards. Alcoholic fermentation... Read More

Lamé-Delisle-Boucard’s “Vieilles Vignes” is pure Cabernet Franc exclusively from vines over 40 years of age in the commune of Ingrandes de Touraine. This cuvée undergoes alcoholic fermentation in... Read More