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Yes, a pine French cleat will hold quite well. As long as the cleat is well secured to a couple of studs in the wall. Also, the cabinet cleat will need to be thought out in attachment. I believe Paul even has a video on French cleats. Coincidently, me finding Paul’s video through a Google search on French cleats is how I got into hand tool woodworking.
To give you some perspective of the weight French cleats can handle, see the images below. Mechanics tool box (200lbs). This is on double cleats. Plane cabinet (125lbs) and a bench lathe stand. In fact, my entire garage is a french cleat system. Many shelves have quite heavy items on them.
Good luck with your cabinet build!