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Bouvet-Ladubay Rose Excellence Brut, Loire, France

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Average Price $15 (USD)
(Approx, ex-tax, all vintages)

Search Rank 6884 What is search rank?
Over all vintages, this was the 6884th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year. Search rank last month: 12048th

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Grape Variety: Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is a black-skinned French grape variety grown in most wine producing nations. The variety is most famously known as the third grape of Bordeaux and can be found in many of the world’s top Bordeaux blend wines. Cabernet Franc most commonly appears in blended red wines, where it adds herbaceous accents of tobacco and dark spice. 

As a varietal wine, Cabernet Franc is light to medium-bodied and often shows vegetal characteristics, in particular green bell peppers. This has led many wine drinkers to incorrectly identify Cabernet Franc as unripe Cabernet Sauvignon, or even ... more


Region Hierarchy
  • Loire wine region

    The Loire Valley is a key wine region of western France. It is important for both the quantity of wine it produces annually and the diversity of its wine styles. Although it is often overshadowed by France's more famous regions – such as Bordeaux to the south – the Loire has played a vital role in French wine history for centuries and this continues today.

    The Loire river flows lazily for just over 620 miles (1000km) between its source in the hills of Auvergne and the plains of the Pay Nantais, where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. When compared to other great wine rivers, such as the Rhone, the Loire's meandering progress and related ... more

  • France wine region

    France is arguably the world's most important wine-producing country. For centuries, it has produced wine in greater quantity – and of reportedly greater quality – than any other nation. Wine is ingrained in French culture at almost every level of society; it is the drink of both the elite and the common people, and a key symbol in Roman Catholicism, France's majority religion.

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