Area of origin Cabernet Sauvignon wine, characteristic types of grapes, best winemaking techniques to obtain aromatic wines with an intense color.
Cabernet wine origins
Cabernet is a particular type of grape that had its origin in France in the Gironde, a region of Aquitaine that takes its name from the mouth where the Dordogne and Garonne rivers flow downstream from Bordeaux.
This department was founded after the French revolution and its main cities are Bordeaux, which is its capital, Blaye, Langon, Lesparre-Médoc, Libourne, Arcachon and Andernos-les-Bains.
The Cabernet franc grape has a medium-sized pantalobed shape with a medium and pyramidal cluster.
As environmental characteristics it preferably requires cold continental climates.
Quite widespread not only in France but also in northern Italy and expanding worldwide in defined geographical areas, on territories belonging to California, Australia, Argentina and New Zealand.
Cabernet franc grapes are often mixed with Cabernet Sauvignon, another type of grape originating in Bordeaux, characterized by medium-sized leaves and small pyramid-shaped bunches, very renowned for their quality and long-lasting characteristics.
Some wine producers prefer to combine Cabernet franc grapes with merlot grapes, to obtain a better elasticity of adaptation to different climatic conditions, using particular winemaking techniques, aimed at obtaining wines with an intense color and, with the addition of aromatic substances, with a fragrance more pleasant, making them suitable to overcome, with excellent results, even very long periods of aging in the cellars.
