Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon

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Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most widely grown and widely known red grape variety in the world.  Almost all wine producing countries have plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon but its spiritual home is Bordeaux where the classic claret blend consists of differing proportions of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc with occasional appearances from Petit Verdot and Malbec.  Cabernet Sauvignon is a small grape with a thick skin which gives wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon plenty of colour and tannin.  Cabernet Sauvignon based wines of a higher quality often have good ageing potential.

The classic Cabernet Sauvignon aroma is blackcurrant though Cabernet Sauvignon can exhibit notes of mint, black stone fruits and eucalyptus depending on where it is grown.  Cabernet Sauvignon is frequently blended with other grape varieties and forms particularly successful partnerships with Merlot and Shiraz but is also used in Spain and Italy as a partner to their own native varieties.  Cabernet Sauvignon is ideally suited to a degree of oak ageing since oak compliments the natural flavours of the grape extremely well.

Cabernet Sauvignon tends to produce bigger and richer wines in the New World than in Europe with Californian and Australian examples being amongst some of the fullest expressions of Cabernet Sauvignon available.

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