I'll have another glass of Monticello 2010 Estate Grown Cabernet Franc! " Comments Has Cabernet Franc tamed his libidinous ways? Should I be worried about our own Cabernet Franc that is planted right next to our Chardonnay in Block 4? What romantic adventures are going on in our vineyard when the afternoon breeze picks up, the sun begins to fade into the Mayacamas, and the shoots and tendrils begin to intertwine? Ahh, too much to think about. Today, I am enjoying a glass of our newly released 2010 Estate Grown Cabernet Franc, and as I revel in its dark, spicy fruit, bold texture and long finish, I am thinking to myself.
The offspring of that romantic intermingling was called Cabernet Sauvignon, certainly a personality that we are all familiar with here in the Napa Valley. How could they resist one another? They couldn't. Sauvignon Blanc was alluring, feminine and tantalizingly fragrant.
Cabernet Franc was bold, masculine and well-endowed with a spicy demeanor. Some time ago, perhaps in the late 1600s, probably in the southwest of France, and maybe under the light veil of a moonlit night, a dark-skinned grape called Cabernet Franc had an intimate liaison with a fair-skinned grape by the name of Sauvignon Blanc.Ī relationship of this nature likely would be frowned upon at that time by many, so this was a daring rendezvous for these two grapes. A Grape Liaison of Promiscuous and Forbidden FruitsĬan we be enlightened on interpersonal relationships and social mores by a promiscuous 17th century grape? I propose that we can.