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Southern hemisphere Cabernet Franc: Panel tasting results

Single-vineyard wines from Cabernet Franc, a grape whose time has clearly arrived. The large proportion of high scores here revealed great quality across an impressive breadth of styles found throughout the southern hemisphere.

Dirceu Vianna Junior MW, Eugenio Egorov and Roger Jones tasted 112 wines, with 10 Outstanding and 64 Highly recommended

Southern hemisphere Cabernet Franc: Panel tasting scores

112 wines tasted

Exceptional 0
Outstanding 10
Highly recommended 64
Recommended 37
Commended 1
Fair 0


Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit their current-release, minimum 85% Cabernet Franc wines from single, designated vineyard sites anywhere in the southern hemisphere


Scroll down to see the top-scoring wines from our southern hemisphere Cabernet Franc panel tasting



The judges

Dirceu Vianna Junior MW is a wine writer, educator and consultant working around the world. Based in the UK since 1989, he was a director at some of the UK’s top distributors, qualifying in 2008 as the first Master of Wine from Brazil

Eugenio Egorov is wine director at Six Senses London hotel & spa. Born in Ukraine, he began his hospitality career in restaurants in Italy and Florida, USA, before moving to London in 2014

Roger Jones is the retired former owner of The Harrow at Little Bedwyn restaurant in Wiltshire. He is now a wine writer, judge and consultant with a particular interest in the hospitality trade. He is a DWWA judge, with a focus on New World regions


Southern hemisphere Cabernet Franc panel tasting results:

Wines were tasted blind


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