Fran Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled beef empanadas, roasted pork chops, pasta with rich tomato-based sauces
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Fran' range by Nieto Senetiner represents a contemporary, vibrant, and highly approachable expression of Mendoza's classic varietals, crafted to celebrate the joy of casual, everyday moments. Sourced from selected vineyards across Mendoza, where the intense high-altitude sunlight and cool alpine nights of the Andes mountains foster optimal ripeness alongside refreshing acidity, this Cabernet Sauvignon is designed with fruit purity in mind. Unlike the estate's heavy, oak-matured reserve bottlings, the Fran Cabernet Sauvignon is fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to preserve its bright red fruit profile, gentle herbaceous notes, and soft, rounded tannins. It offers an inviting, easy-drinking window into the historic winemaking heritage of Nieto Senetiner, reimagined for modern wine lovers.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1888 by Italian immigrants in Vistalba, Bodega Nieto Senetiner stands as one of the historic pillars of Luján de Cuyo viticulture. Acquired by the Nieto and Senetiner families in 1969 and integrated into Molinos Río de la Plata in 1998, the estate commands prime holdings across Vistalba and Agrelo, including Finca Villa Blanca and Finca Las Tortugas. Situated between 950 and 1,150 meters above sea level against the Andean backdrop, the vineyards thrive on alluvial clay-loam and gravelly soils subjected to wide diurnal temperature shifts and intense high-altitude sunlight. Winemaker Santiago Mayorga crafts both classic reds and pristine, aromatic whites and rosés with modern precision. While globally acclaimed for benchmark Malbec and heritage Bonarda, the estate demonstrates deft mastery of aromatic and refreshing profiles through everyday and fruit-forward ranges such as Benjamín, Fran, and Emilia, preserving pure varietal expression, vibrant natural acidity, and refined balance across Torrontés, Moscatel de Alejandría, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay.
🍇 Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon
🍷 ABV
13-14%