Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon had its first success in the Bordeaux region in France. However, since then this late maturing grape variety has triumphed in almost all big wine growing regions all over the world, especially in the overseas New World wine countries. A wine made of Cabernet Sauvignon can be opulent and powerful with lots of class as well as fruitdriven and rather lightweight.

The most famous grape variety in the world.

The red grape variety Cabernet Sauvignon belongs to the so-called "cépages nobles", the French name for the oldest and noblest grape varieties. Many wine experts consider Cabernet Sauvignon to be the noblest and potentially best red wine grape variety of all. All over the world, Cabernet Sauvignon is cultivated on an area of about 290,000 hectares. However, Cabernet Sauvignon is rather seldomly offered as a single varietal wine but is often used as a versatile and popular blending partner for red cuvées. Cabernet Sauvignon has the ability to present different climate and soil conditions very well: The range of wine characteristics from different regions reaches from rather sparse over middle-bodied to opulent and strong in alcohol.