Kristy Wenz, a wine educator and marketer hailing from the fighting city of Chicago — now ensconced in the beautiful Willamette Valley with her husband and children — spent some time with Wine Saves Lives! to answer the question: “What Does Cabernet Franc Mean?
What does Cabernet Franc mean? To me, happiness. I mean, it is, the grape that got me into wine. It is, I shouldn't say it is, Spanish wines are what got me into like really enjoying wine to begin with.
But as in terms of variety, it was Cap Branc. It was, it's just been hands down my favorite. To me, it's just, it's so food friendly. The acidity is so refreshing. It's, got those just crunchy fruits in there. And , it can be, it can be a bold structured wine or it can be a light, easy drinking wine.
And there's, you know, everything in between depending on where it's come from, how it's made, takes well to oak, takes well to amphora. Like it just, it just can be such a beautifully expressed grape that it's, yeah, it's happiness to me.
What Does Cabernet Franc Mean? - Kristy Wenz