Rutini Wines Cabernet Franc Malbec

Rutini Wines Cabernet Franc Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina. A rich wine with a variety of ripe red fruit, vanilla and chocolate. Perfect structure with soft tannins. 50% Cabernet and 50% Malbec matured for twelve months in half new French oak and half new American oak. An elegant character wine that really does justice to game and grilled red meat.

Cabernet Franc is a fairly productive variety. It is in fact the original cabernet grape. The much more famous Cabernet Sauvignon is a descendant of the Cabernet Franc. It probably comes from Bordeaux where it is one of the classic components of Bordeaux wines. In the 17th century it was taken to the Loire Valley where it was subsequently successfully planted. Cabernet Franc likes calcareous gravel, sand and clay soils and ripens about ten days earlier than Cabernet Sauvignon. It thrives very well in cooler soils.

Malbec: mainly grown in Bordeaux and south-west France. Characteristic of the wines from this grape is the intense and earthy fruit in the scent, combined with a soft, also earthy and spicy taste. The malbec shows a strong tendency to coulure, which results in a small harvest. Also called cot. In the Cahors wine region and Saint Emilion Pressac becomes the grape auxerrois named