VARIETAL
Illustration of a Cabernet Franc grape cluster

Cabernet Franc

Red Wine

A red grape from Bordeaux and the Loire Valley, more aromatic and lighter-bodied than Cabernet Sauvignon. In the registry it appears both as a standalone varietal label and as a declared blending component. Its label presence in the TTB database spans California, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Pacific Northwest.

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This description is original first-party educational content. Record counts reflect the public TTB COLA registry as indexed by Wine Grabber.

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REFERENCE NOTE

This entry is written as an educational overview and may synthesize public regional, historical, producer, and editorial sources. It is not an official regulatory record or a complete survey of all styles and regions.