Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is arguably the most noble of all black grape varieties and the most widely cultivated. It first established its reputation in the Médoc where for well over a century and a half it has been the major contributor to such great first growth clarets as Château Latour, Château Margaux and Château Mouton and Lafite Rothschild.
Small and tough-skinned, Cabernet grapes produce deeply-colored wine, rich in blackcurrant, mint and occasionally green bell pepper flavours along with firm tannins that enable the best wines to age for decades.
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Harvesting Cabernet grapes, Galasso Vineyards, Fiore, Italy.
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