Cranberry sauce, kirsch, black cherries and stewed plums with touches of mossy bark, pencil lead, bay leaves and underbrush. Medium-bodied, the palate bursts with juicy red and black fruit flavors plus loads of herbal sparks.
This is a parent grape to Cabernet Sauvignon. It most likely originates from Basque country. It is an excellent blending grape, known for making the exquisite Cheval-Blanc. Franc is a little hardier on a vine than Sauvignon, but drinks smoothly at the table.