Cabernet Sauvignon, The
Worlds Finest Red Wine
Cabernet Sauvignon makes the most
possible candidate for aging, more often improving into a
truly great wine than any other single variety. With age, its
distinctive black currant aroma can produce a bouquet in hints
of cedar, violets, leather, and its typically tannic edge may
soften and smooth considerably into a magnificent Cabernet
Sauvignon wine.
The Cabernet Sauvignon grape is most
popular planted and significant among the five dominant
varieties in the Medoc district of France's Bordeaux region,
as well as the most notable red
wine produced in California.
The flavor, structure, complexity, and
longevity of wines made from the Cabernet Sauvignon
grape are what make it so popular. Its fruity flavors have
been described as cherry, black cherry, black currant, and
raspberry. In addition, other flavor descriptors include
minty, cedar, and bell pepper.
When you think of the finest red wines in
the world, you often are thinking of wines made with Cabernet
Sauvignon.
Top selling Cabernet
Sauvignon's
The Beautiful Aroma of the
Cabernet Sauvignon
As a collection, Cabernet
Sauvignon wines are naturally full-flavored, and
typically have a polished and lingering cessation. The
Cabernet Sauvignon also has a well defined aroma. In
Old World wines, particularly those made in Bordeaux, they
were distinguished by smells of such things as violets,
blackcurrant, cedar and spice. In New World wines of Cabernet
Sauvignon they can often share the aromas of their Old
World counterparts, but are more often captivated by aromas of
chocolate, ripe jam berries, oak, pepper and earth. In
Australia, there is often a strong aroma of eucalyptus,
particularly in wines made in Coonawarra.
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