Red grape variety
Cabernet Franc
კაბერნე ფრანი
Cabernet Franc is a red grape variety from France. In the National Wine Agency's 2025 vineyard cadastre it covers 46 ha on 145 plots, 43 ha of them in Kakheti.
- Wines in the catalogue
- 12
- Wineries
- 8
- Vineyards, ha · cadastre 2025
- 46
About the variety
Cabernet Franc is a red variety from France and, according to DNA data in VIVC, a parent of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In Georgia it is grown on a small scale, for varietal wines and blends.
What it looks like
Bunch, berries and leaf
Wines
Wines from Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc Rose
Ambrosia Winery
Kakheti
Cabernet Franc from Kakheti: a off-dry rosé Georgian wine. Made at Ambrosia Winery.
Reserve Rouge
Château Buera
Kakheti
Region of Kakheti: a dry red wine from Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Made using the European method, aged in oak barriques; alcohol 13.5%. Sources note red berries on the nose and velvety on the palate. Produced by Château Buera.
Cabernet Franc Petnat
Terra Kisi
Kakheti
Cabernet Franc from Kakheti: a rosé sparkling Georgian wine. The classic method, 11.5% alcohol. As described by sources: on the nose, red berries. Produced by Terra Kisi.
Cabernet Franc Rose
Terra Kisi
Kakheti
A off-dry rosé Georgian wine made from Cabernet Franc, region of Kakheti. Made using the European method; alcohol 12%. Sources note floral on the nose. Produced by Terra Kisi.
Cuvee
Dakishvili Family Vineyards
Saperavi, Syrah and Cabernet Franc: a dry red Georgian wine. Produced by Dakishvili Family Vineyards.
Saperavi Cabernet Franc
GWS (Georgian Wines & Spirits)
Saperavi and Cabernet Franc: a dry red Georgian wine. Made at GWS (Georgian Wines & Spirits).
Saperavi Cabernet Franc Budeshuri Merlot
Terra Kisi
Kakheti
Budeshuri Saperavi, Saperavi, Cabernet Franc and Merlot from Kakheti: a dry red Georgian wine. Produced by Terra Kisi.
Saperavi Cabernet Franc Budeshuri Saperavi Merlot Qvevri
Terra Kisi
Kakheti
Region of Kakheti: a dry red wine from Budeshuri Saperavi, Saperavi, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Made using the traditional qvevri method, aged in a qvevri; alcohol 14.5%. Produced by Terra Kisi.
Special Reserve Red
Wineman
Saperavi, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon: a dry red Georgian wine. The classic method, ageing in oak barriques, 12.5% alcohol. Produced by Wineman.
Cabernet Franc
BudaKhari
A red Georgian wine made from Cabernet Franc. Made at BudaKhari.
Cuvée SCS Reserve
Dakishvili Family Vineyards
Kakheti
Region of Kakheti: a dry red wine from Saperavi, Cabernet Franc and Syrah. Made using the European method; alcohol 11.5%. Made at Dakishvili Family Vineyards.
Jos Cabernet Franc Saperavi
Erti Estate
Kakheti
Saperavi and Cabernet Franc from Kakheti: a dry red Georgian wine. Made aged in a neutral vessel; alcohol 12.7%. Produced by Erti Estate.
Where the data comes from
Sources for this page
Description
Facts from ampelographic sources and the country's official registers, in our own words.
Photos
Openly licensed photographs and photos from winery websites; the source of each frame:
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Ursula Brühl, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Ginoffvine / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bunch · photo: Agne27 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Leaf · photo: Geolina163 + 1971markus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vineyard · photo: Geolina163 + 1971markus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin
The variety's passport in the Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC).
Vineyard area
Vineyard cadastre 2025, National Wine Agency: plots registered under this variety; plots without an identified variety are not counted.
Wines
Our catalogue: the grape make-up comes from the winery's site or the label.
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