BordeauxCabernet Sauvignon is the world's most widely recognized red grape, prized for producing deeply colored, full-bodied wines with firm tannins — the dry, gripping sensation you feel on your gums and tongue after a sip. Its flavor shifts dramatically with climate, from green pepper and blackcurrant in cooler regions to ripe black cherry and jammy fruit in warmer ones. Thick skins and high tannin give it excellent aging potential, often softening into notes of cedar and tobacco after years in the bottle.
Also known as Bouchet, Petit-Cabernet, Sauvignon Rouge, Vidure.
Primary flavors
Black cherry Blackcurrant Cedar Green pepper Mint
Styles
Bold red
Lineage
Cabernet Sauvignon is a crossing of Cabernet Franc.
Cabernet Sauvignon is a crossing of Sauvignon Blanc.
Grown in
Bordeaux
California
Chile
Colchagua Valley
Columbia Valley
Coonawarra, South Australia
Graves
Israeli wine
Maipo Valley
Margaret River
Margaux
Médoc
Napa Valley
Paso Robles
Pauillac
Pessac-Léognan
Saint-Estèphe
Saint-Julien
Sonoma County, California
Stellenbosch
Texas
Villány
Washington
Abruzzo
Alentejo
Argentina
Australia
Bakhmut
Barossa Valley
Bolgheri
Brazil
Bulgarian wine
Central Coast
Chianti
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Eger
Finger Lakes
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Hunter Valley
India
Jumilla
Languedoc-Roussillon
Luján de Cuyo
McLaren Vale
Mendoza
Moldovan wine
New York
New Zealand
Niagara Peninsula
Oregon
Penedès
Piedmont
Provence
Santa Barbara County
Sicily
Slovenian wine
South Africa
Ukraine
Uruguayan wine
Veneto
Virginia
Willamette Valley
Loire Valley
Pomerol
Priorat
Ribera del Duero
Saint-Émilion
Tuscany
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