VinoLoverCabernet Sauvignon wines are long-lived wines with great ageing potential, deep colour, tannins and acidity. They are usually blended with other varieties, such as Merlot, Cabernet Franc or Petit Verdot, to bring softness and a fruity character to the wine.
To celebrate International Cabernet Sauvignon Day, here is a selection of wines made largely or entirely from this great grape variety.
1. Garnier Les Tailles 2019
Jean Christophe Garnier’s young red wine Garnier Les Tailles 2019 is made from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. It is a fruity and juicy wine, with 12.8% alcohol content.
It is a natural wine, which undergoes a process of spontaneous carbonic maceration for three weeks with a whole grape harvest without destemming and an ageing of ten months in stainless steel tanks. It is bottled without added sulphites.
2. Clau de Nell Cuvée Violette 2013
Anne Claude Leflaive’s reserve red, the Clau de Nell Cuvée Violette 2013 is a powerful and structured wine, also made from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, with 12% alcohol.
It is a biodynamic wine, which undergoes a spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and an ageing process of 18 months in used French oak barrels.
3. Didier Chaffardon L’Incrédule 2017
Didier Chaffardon offers us the young red Didier Chaffardon L’Incrédule 2017, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, with 13% alcohol by volume. Fruity and juicy, it is a natural wine made from spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts with whole clusters, nine months of maceration and one year of ageing in fibre vats. It is bottled unclarified, unfiltered and without added sulphites.
4. Dominio de Valpedusa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, Dominio de Valpedusa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 by Marqués de Griñón is a wine with 91 Parker Points and Peñín Points. Powerful and structured, this wine has a 15% alcohol content and an ageing of twelve months in new and used French oak barrels.
5. Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2017
Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2017, a reserve red wine from the Californian winery Ridge Vineyards, is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Merlot and has an alcohol content of 13.5%. During its production, it undergoes a 22-month ageing process in American oak barrels.
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