If Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are, respectively, Bordeaux‘s king and queen, Cabernet Franc is its prince. Quick Link: Bordeaux en Primeur Ripening earlier than Cabernet Sauvignon, it acts both as a great blender with its special fragrance and at the same time as a form of insurance policy. On the cooler, clay soils of the Right Bank, it forms the backbone of many of the supple delicious, blackcurrant and red berry fruit of St Emilions and Pomerols, most notably Cheval Blanc. Outside Bord...
