2024 Cabernet Franc Global Vintage Report
No.61 | Regional Reporting
This edition of my newsletter brings you the first annual Cab Franc Chronicles Global Vintage Report for Cabernet Franc. This has been a labour of love that I have been working on for several months now, and the report is intended to provide a snapshot of a grape, a region and a vintage - all in one place! As vintage reports never tell the whole story, in this report I have chosen to highlight the experiences of Cabernet Franc producers in key regions for the grape from all around the world. My objective was to understand how this humble grape fared in some of its most important regions, so that I am better equipped to share my insights on the wines when they are released - which, in some cases, will be many years away. For each region, I tried to identify a few key words that “summarize” the vintage based on the conversations I had with specific producers and other research I conducted on the vintage conditions and preliminary assessments of the wines. The report is long, but there w…