Cabernet Sauvignon

Variety of Vine · Vitis vinifera

The world's most-planted red wine grape – tannic, long-lived and deeply coloured.

Also known as: Petit Cabernet, Bouchet

🇫🇷 France

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Very small, thick-skinned, blue-black seeded berries with high tannin.

Late ripening, heat-demanding and robust; needs a long growing season.

Wine grape for age-worthy, tannic red wines (Bordeaux style).

Present in nearly every wine-producing nation.

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