Loire Valley Cabernet Franc

The magic starts with their vineyard holdings, which are typically very old vines on gravel and sandy soils with La Croix Boissee having a layer of white limestone subsoil that gives the wine that unique mineral backbone and structural... 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

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

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

Both from families of winemakers, André Bonneau and his wife created Domaine La Bonnelière in 1972 with a few hectares of vines in Caveau Saint-Vincent. Anthony and Cedric Bonneau represent the fifth generation of... Read More

100% Cabernet Franc. The six-hectare Grande Vignolle lieu-dit sits on a chalk cliff on calcareous clay soils, set back from the Loire River on a high plateau. The vines are 35 to 40 years old and lie at the northern limit of the... 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