Jackson explicitly calls his static-electricity nose sensation potentially personal. Climate shifts, relative tannin quality and national style portraits remain attributed; exact blend membership cannot be proved from an aroma.
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Cabernet Franc is described as fresh with moderately grainy gum-felt tannin and less middle-palate fruit than Merlot. Loire examples and Bordeaux blends illustrate fruit, spice and tea contributions, with examples beyond France.
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Cabernet Franc: structural kinship and aromatic contribution
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Cabernet Franc is described as fresh with moderately grainy gum-felt tannin and less middle-palate fruit than Merlot. Loire examples and Bordeaux blends illustrate fruit, spice and tea contributions, with examples beyond France.
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Jackson explicitly calls his static-electricity nose sensation potentially personal. Climate shifts, relative tannin quality and national style portraits remain attributed; exact blend membership cannot be proved from an aroma.
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