Blind Tasting CABERNET FRANC…

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Cabernet Franc is often considered to be just a blending grape but it can make GREAT red wine on its own. Cabernet Franc is also one of the parents of Cabernet Sauvignon. Join me on a blind tasting of wines from the Loire and around the world.
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Zuccardi, Poligonos Cabernet Franc 2020 rebrand.ly/zuccardi-cabernet-...
Havas & Timar, Franom 2019 www.tastehungary.us/product/f...
Vinum, The Scrapper Cabernet Franc 2017 rebrand.ly/vinum-cabernet-franc
Domaine de Bergerie, La Cerisaie 2020rebrand.ly/bergerie-lacerisaie
Domaine Chancelle, Saumur Champigny 2018 rebrand.ly/chancelle-saumur-c...
Xavier Weisskopf, Le Rocher des Violettes 2017 rebrand.ly/le-rocher-des-viol...
Tenuta Sette Cieli, Scipio 2017
L'Ecole No 41, Cabernet Franc 2019
Titus, Cabernet Franc 2019
Pat del Colmel, Rosso della Rocca Cabernet Franc 2020
Domaine Estelle et Rodolphe Cognard, Cuvée Estelle 2019
Château de la Durandiere, Vielles Vignes Saumur 2019
Domaine Gouron, Chinon 2019
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00:00 Why Cabernet Franc is so great
05:14 Great, affordable red wine glasses
05:51 Blind Tasting Cabernet Franc
14:05 The Reveal
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@cabfrancchronicles Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic video! ❤🍷I love that your top 4 were each from a different region. That just proves how exciting Cabernet Franc can be. So much to discover in the Loire and beyond. Thank you for the opportunity to chime in on my favourite variety, and thank you as well for the kind mention and support. I'm confident you'll get 100% on the quiz before you know it! 😉

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Hahahah thanks for being a part of it... I think a 100% score is like the chase of a 5 minute mile for me hahaha

@gustavomgomes Жыл бұрын

Love cab franc too! Really good editing , with the flashbacks! Helps a lot with the understanding and helps with the storytelling ! Cheers !

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhh thanks! I try

@RPhrthl Жыл бұрын

Happy to see cab franc featured! I have enjoyed several from Canada and would love to try more.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

I hope you taste more!!

@dr7246 Жыл бұрын

Please don’t promote cab franc. Keep it affordable and relatively under the radar, like Riesling. ;-). There are some interesting francs, with a nod to the Loire, coming out of Long Island. Channing Daughters is one example. There are others. How about a Blaufrankisch vid?

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Already have done one!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7KAd6iSu96plYE.html

@12Trappor Жыл бұрын

I used to say just like you: keep it a secret! 😄But I have got the impression that wine writers and wine critics have been promoting cabernet franc for decades without being able to put the grape into the limelight, so I think we are pretty safe.

@matthewbykowski2353 Жыл бұрын

Love the passion in this one, thanks for sharing.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@danielercsey5928 Жыл бұрын

Wow Matt, it was great to see which wine won! :)

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Yes I was SHOCKED!

@eatitdrinkitluvit955 Жыл бұрын

Great video Matthew! Cabernet Franc is under appreciated for sure. Always loved them. I'm a fan of Titus and Chinon. I imported Olga Raffault decades ago. Thanks for the tip on the Cab Franc Chronicles as well!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh thanks! It is a grape that I think will gather steam in the coming years. A lot of producers on the right bank in Bordeaux are planting more of it. Ahhhh you are an importer??

@eatitdrinkitluvit955 Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey No, I ran a small specialty import distributor decades ago. Now, like you, I am endeavoring to be a writer and educator among other things. It will be interesting to see how much more Cabernet Franc gains in encepagement on the right bank.

@michellecharles7257 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video - thank you!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@user-io4gm3xr2l Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, great tasting!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Merci! Cab Franc for the win!!!

@timpuget 10 ай бұрын

I lived in Nantes for 6 years. The graphite notes on the SN de bourgeuil brought me back some good (tasting) memories. Great video

@drmatthewhorkey 10 ай бұрын

Merci!!! Wow that comment means a lot to me for some reason

@wassmannwinery240 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video and for blending in some of our wines too! Hope to meet you again soon! We have a lot of new wines for you to taste :) F.e. a white PétNat out of Cabernet Franc, we call it Blanc de Franc :) Or our 2018th vintage without sulfur, which is said to be amazing (a big amount went to Sweden already :) Kind regards, Susann and Ralf

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh nice!! I hope you are well and things are going smoothly over there!

@wassmannwinery240 Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Thanks a lot, hope you are fine too, only good news here :)

@diegogodinhorocha9448 Жыл бұрын

Argentinian Cab Franc is amazing. I caught up to it after listening to an interview of a british lady who writes the south american wine guide. Then it took me to a couple of amazing Loire wines. Gotta love Cabernet Franc.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhh good ole Amanda Barnes… she js brilliant!

@Ruirspirul Жыл бұрын

wow. epic episode!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@KyleStrehlow Жыл бұрын

Such a fun tasting! You’ve got me running to my local wine shop looking for Hungarian cab francs!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

I hope you can find some!

@wassmannwinery240 Жыл бұрын

If you live in EU, we can ship some to you. We have biodynamic, natural ones and @Dr.MatthewHorkey can tell you about our style and quality :)

@jfcyr2664 Жыл бұрын

good info, tasting notes, fun reveal, not too long, had much fun watching this! ..once again, my wine todo gets a new entry "Zuccardi Poligonos cab franc"

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh niceeee it’s a good wine!

@LadyAceRoxy 21 күн бұрын

Love the Zuccardi Cabernet Franc! For me, I seem to like them most as Rosés (and Field Recordings makes a lovely Pet Nat Rosé from Cab Franc). Joguet makes a heck of a Chinon though, both the red and the Rosé I loved. And Halcyon makes a mind blowing Blancs de Noir they call Blanc de Franc which broke my brain, it was so good. One of those grapes with an incredible range! Also if you like the Rocher des Violettes wine, they make a great Chenin Petillant as well.

@drmatthewhorkey 21 күн бұрын

Rocher des Violettes is legit indeed!

@jaysonnadelson2188 Жыл бұрын

Cab Franc is actually the king of red wines besides being the founder grape. The Chinon cab francs are amazing.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

All of Loire is stellar to me and I’ll be there in a few weeks.

@porkchopsammies79 Жыл бұрын

cab franc is one of the few successes here in virginia. although I believe that's starting to change. recently enjoyed a surprisingly good claret from barboursville vinyards.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

I do like the Barboursville version and the one from Early Mountain as well. Octagon and RdV’s wines are lovely too!

@porkchopsammies79 Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey RdV on the list! Their mgr just got his MW this year.

@jameswingad3212 Жыл бұрын

Hungarian Cab Franc sounds interesting. I love this grape and drink a lot of it from Orbitello but I´ve recently tried ever more from Austria with similar flavours to your tasting notes on the winning wine. I´m drinking ever more wines like this and I´m really starting to love them!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhh enjoy as it’s a fantastic variety!

@solomonmengeu1003 Жыл бұрын

I'm very happy to see an Eger CF come out on top. Congratulations, Hungary. I haven't heard of this producer yet, but I will seek them out. CF is so much cooler, mature, and intriguing than CS. I don't know who said that CS is the "king of red grapes" It would be hard to say just one, but CF is certainly a very important one. I love good Cabernet Franc, leaning more towards the earthier and leaner Loire style. Though Hungary seems a mid point between the Loire and some of the riper regions e.g. Bolgheri, Napa. Great video, keep them coming ooooob

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

That is a great way to talk about Hungary although there are all types of Cabernet Franc being made there. From riper and Napa esque to those that resemble Loire.

@pizzacatking Жыл бұрын

Great video. Love your channel, man! Why don’t you have more subs? Big fan of Titus being a SF boy. Hey what camera are you using for your videos they look great! Keep rocking the wine vids. Oh ya, nice shout out to Gary V, what a KZfaq wine tasting legend. Thanks again.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh thanks! I use a pair of Canons M50 and G7x MII… GV is a legend snd thanks for the support

@bencekato9186 Жыл бұрын

Big fan of Cab Frank too. For my palate it beats Cab Sauv every time.😻

@An-Islander Жыл бұрын

Came here to write the very same thing!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

I’m a big Cab Franc fan too obviously

@djxjxixsmjxjskjzxn1853 11 ай бұрын

Excellent vid, so happy that someone is taking my fave red grape seriously. What was the stew @12:18? Did you say lamprey stew?

@drmatthewhorkey 11 ай бұрын

Yes you are right! Thst stew is a specialty in the Loire

@combatfanatics1058 Жыл бұрын

Italian cab francs are 🔥, so savory and delicious

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

They can be good!

@12Trappor Жыл бұрын

Nice video! Looking forward to trying some cabernet francs which are not from the Loire for a change. 🙂 I think your scoring in general is a little high. At least for me, many of the Loire cab francs I drink I would score in the 86-89 range: they are quite straight-forward, delicious when young, full marks for terroir but not very complex. Considering the price point, I think I would score most of the Loire wines in your sample the same way. And don't get me wrong: the wines in this range are probably the ones I enjoy *drinking* the most, as opposed to the more complex 90+ points bottles which are not everyday wine and which require more "effort", so to speak.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Totally get it.. I did say up front I might be a touch high because like Sangiovese, I love Cab Franc

@johns2262 Жыл бұрын

The great wine journey. I started off desperately looking for fruit forward wines, trying to parse through the wines not showing anything or not balanced. Then when I settled into wines displaying clear fruit character, I became a secondary nut. I now search for more rare flavours. Truffle I really like to find. Leather...but also capsicum. It's such a pleasure to find these exotic aromas in wines.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhh that’s a very common take, totally agree. Cab Franc offers all of this thankfully!!

@rjo8500 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your vocabulary. I can almost taste the wines as you describe them.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

That means a lot to me. Thanks

@figgymoonpowda Жыл бұрын

great episode.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@andrethebest701 Жыл бұрын

I love L'Ecole! Thanks to PA for putting the merlot, cab sav, chard, syrah, and two savblanc/semillon blends half off!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ohhhh wow, they are at great prices then

@df71091 Жыл бұрын

I had a cab franc from Israel and it is easily in my top 5 all time wines

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Niceee

@PanxiMorel Жыл бұрын

I love Domaine de la Butte, Jacky Blot's Cabernet Franc wines in Bourgueil. Truly exceptional. Sadly, Jacky passed away some days ago.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ohhh RIP

@Blair338RUM 6 ай бұрын

Have to love the price quality ratio for Loire Cab Francs. 🇫🇷🇫🇷 The aroma always reminds me of Paris as it is so popular there.

@drmatthewhorkey 6 ай бұрын

Yes Perez has such a great selection of Loire Cabernet franc!

@Blair338RUM 6 ай бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey When you mentioned Weisskopf I recalled I had some of his Montlouis Sur Loire Chenin from his Le Clos vineyard. 2020. Needs a lot of time. I’d say he is an Alsatian transplant:)

@jeremyquantrill4137 5 ай бұрын

Heumann La Trinita is also amazing Cab Franc wine...I'm off to Budapest soon so will pop in to Taste Hungary and get some of the Franom as have never tried it.

@drmatthewhorkey 5 ай бұрын

I tried to get a Heumann for this vidro but it was out of stock! Enjoy Taste Hungary, I love them!

@briant3404 Жыл бұрын

wow!! yeah i could just drink loire valley wine for the rest of my life... it's also a very long valley .. and the most historical valley in france and medieval europe. .. i will have to branch out on the cab franc, to hungary

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

You’ll like Sunday’s video :)

@joe-zp7ge Жыл бұрын

everytime you do these tastings i photograph the whole group together and try to find them .the titus is defintely the most ubiquitous

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Niceee there’s a big tasting video coming today!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Also, in all videos there is a list of wines in the description box

@Andy420 Жыл бұрын

well this made me want to go pick up a cab franc lol. I also really like the graphite taste and some of these wines seem to have it in spades

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhh nice, good thing is that CF doesn’t break the bank!

@Cdnprairieboy68 Ай бұрын

Great video, but can’t believe you did not include a Cab Franc from Niagara. Good example would be Bella Terra Estate Cabernet Franc. Try them! 😁

@drmatthewhorkey Ай бұрын

Not easy to get Canadian wines outside the country

@jamesbaker7523 7 ай бұрын

I was quite surprised after having shown Allison from the CabFrancChronicles that you completely ignored any of the Cabernet Francs from Niagara. Both the US and Canadian regions of Niagara make Cabernet Francs that can challenge any in the world.

@drmatthewhorkey 7 ай бұрын

Very difficult to get the high quality Canadian wines outside the country

@ShortTermEffect Жыл бұрын

You should try the 'Paleo' bij Le Macchiole. The best Italian Cabernet Franc I had.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Good wine indeed!

@dantheman8279 10 ай бұрын

I really like California cab francs,intense wine.

@drmatthewhorkey 10 ай бұрын

They can be!

@ttjwoon Жыл бұрын

Weekly cab franc quiz, lol how niche!.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Very much so and difficult to boot!

@mikaelplaysguitar Жыл бұрын

Great video, want to drink more Cab Franc. With 13 wines you might want to consider splitting it up in two videos. Seven wines first video, six second video with a summary of all 13 at the end. As a viewer I got a bit lost among all wines.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

I get it but honestly, the more wines I have I think the better it is for me to judge solely on quality since I don’t have an assistant and I know what the wines are before tasting blind.

@mikaelplaysguitar Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Maybe you could taste them in one session but in a way that you can still edit it into two videos? Just a suggestion though, this is still great, don't get me wrong.

@johangund4351 8 ай бұрын

Hey Doc. Have u tried PUR from Chateau Rocher Corbin. A great 100% CF

@drmatthewhorkey 8 ай бұрын

Yes!

@Alexander-dt8sk Жыл бұрын

Until domestic producers make more affordable and quality cab franc, I don’t think this wine will take off in the U.S. Also, I’m not surprised that Zuccardi would produce a good cab franc. That is an excellent vintner. I’ve laid down a case of one of their premier Malbecs.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Niceee, you will see a Malbec make an appearance soon

@Gaban1981 11 ай бұрын

There’s only one… the greatest of all.. clos rougeard !!!

@drmatthewhorkey 11 ай бұрын

What a great wine!

@debbieelkington1643 Жыл бұрын

I agree w/Alison- Cab Franc is a sexy grape!😉 🍇

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@laurencestewart3828 Жыл бұрын

I'm putting Sideways behind me and drinking more franc and dare I say it, merlot.

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Yes both grapes are stellar

@joe-zp7ge Жыл бұрын

figeac is 35% franc, 35%,sauvignon, 35 merlot...........its one of my largest selections in my collection!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh u have a nice cellar then!

@comesahorseman Жыл бұрын

Can Franc is much easier on my head(aches)!

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

😂🤣

@jimcricket8334 Жыл бұрын

Cool video but I’d rather you do half the amount of wines in two videos. (Then maybe a third where the top few go head to head.) The descriptions felt rushed. Lots of the same markers-graphite, cherry, wood. I’d rather you get a little more nuanced in your comparisons. Also, very interesting not to hear capsicum/green pepper come up much, as that’s always CF varietal hallmark for me…

@drmatthewhorkey Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I have to say though they are not rushed. I edit out non-useful parts and dead spaces where I am concentrating. Otherwise the video would be over an hour long… Capsicum is mentioned during the tasting part, I agree it does come with the territory of CF.