Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon
Grape (Vitis)
Cabernet Sauvignon grapes
Color of berry skin	Black
Also called	Bouchet, Bouche, Petit-Bouchet, Petit-Cabernet, Petit-Vidure, Vidure, Sauvignon Rouge
Notable regions	Bordeaux, Tuscany, Santa Cruz Mountains, Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Australia
Notable wines	Classified Bordeaux estates, Californian cult wines
Ideal soil	Gravel
Hazards	Underripeness, powdery mildew, eutypella scoparia, excoriose
Wine characteristics
General	Dense, dark, tannic
Cool climate	Vegetal, bell pepper, asparagus
Medium climate	Mint, black pepper, eucalyptus
Hot climate	Jam

Cabernet Sauvignon (French: [kabɛʁnɛ soviˈɲɔ̃]) is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Canada's Okanagan Valley to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Cabernet Sauvignon became internationally recognized through its prominence in Bordeaux wines where it is often blended with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. From France, the grape spread across Europe and to the New World where it found new homes in places like California's Santa Cruz Mountains, Napa Valley, New Zealand's Hawkes Bay, Australia's Margaret River and Coonawarra regions, and Chile's Maipo Valley and Colchagua. For most of the 20th century, it was the world's most widely planted premium red wine grape until it was surpassed by Merlot in the 1990s.