Another good organic wine find this month was Pure Cabernet Franc, made by Domaine Brau in Pays d’Oc, France. It is slightly aged wine of 2012 vintage and made exclusively from organic Cabernet Franc grapes.
I must add a word about he grape and the region – first of all, there aren’t many examples of 100% Cabernet Franc in the Old World wines, it plays a minor part in the Bordeaux blends (usually a very low down to 5% share), mostly because many winemakers find it to coarse, stalky, and more mineral and earthy rather than fruity. Let’s see about this one.
Another point to make is on the region. It doesn’t have the best reputation because of the massive bulk production (think of those £4-5 bottles from France and I will bet more than half of them would be from that region). Yet the competition is tough and they are trying to innovate and produce good examples of wines made from grapes, which aren’t too typical for the region.
