CabFranc-A-Palooza 2026


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Featured today:

2025 Charles Joguet Chinon Rosé $23.99
Loire Valley, France
100% Cabernet Franc

2024 Domaine de Pallus Chinon 'Messanges Rouge' $25.99
Loire Valley, France
100% Cabernet Franc

2020 Raats Family Cabernet Franc $39.99
Stellenbosch, South Africa
100% Cabernet Franc
95 pts Vinous ("top class")

2022 Tenuta Luisa Cabernet Franc $19.99
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
100% Cabernet Franc

2022 Tenuta di Carleone 'Il Randagio' $29.99
Tuscany, Italy
50% Cabernet Franc, 50% Merlot

2022 Tenuta di Carleone-Il Guercio ‘Il Randagio’ IGT Toscana Rosso
Tenuta di Carleone
2022 Tenuta di Carleone-Il Guercio ‘Il Randagio’ IGT Toscana Rosso
Here’s the thing. Tenuta Carleone’s Sean O’Callaghan is a confirmed and vociferous advocate for Tuscany’s Sangiovese grape and has created an amazing, envious reputation for himself going against the grain by bottling...
$34.99
$29.99
2020 Raats Family Cabernet Franc
Raats Family Wines
2020 Raats Family Cabernet Franc, Stellenbosch
Vinous, 95 points: The 2020 Cabernet Franc Family comes from vines in the Skoonheid vineyard just up from Raat's house, undergoing a 30% whole bunch ferment to enhance its purity. This has a more opulent nose, far more fruit-forward than the...
$45.00
$39.99
2022 Tenuta Luisa Cabernet Franc, Isonzo del Friuli
Tenuta Luisa
2022 Tenuta Luisa Cabernet Franc, Isonzo del Friuli
James Suckling, 91 points: A smoky, complex wine with aromas of licorice, wet wool, cassis and ash. Very silky and crisp, with a light body and an easy-drinking style.
$22.99
2024 Domaine de Pallus Chinon Rouge 'Messanges'
Domaine de Pallus
2024 Domaine de Pallus Chinon Rouge 'Messanges'
Messanges is actually the old Loire Valley name for Cabernet Franc. Chinon is at its best when it’s in this unoaked, super juicy, super aromatic and super scrumptious mode. Dark, almost black, in color, the aromatics are so vivid, so lively...
$25.99
2025 Charles Joguet Chinon Rose
Charles Joguet
2025 Charles Joguet Chinon Rose
With all the Johnny-come-lately rosés in the market, it’s important, I think, to recognize the old-timers, those producers who have long spent the time and effort necessary to make quality dry pink wine as important a part of their portfolio...
$23.99