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Cabernet Sauvignon is behind the great reds of Bordeaux's Left Bank and Napa Valley, and some of the best-value bottles from Chile. This quick guide explains why it tastes the way it does, how climate and gravel soils shape it, and what oak and blending add.
Page two compares nine key regions side by side, with a bottle to try at every price, the label names that hide Cabernet, and four styles with food matches.
What's inside
Cabernet at a glance: home, parents, body and other names
A cool-to-warm flavour scale, from green pepper to ripe blackcurrant
How place shapes the wine, what the winemaker does, and the oak dial
Nine key regions compared, from the Médoc to Coonawarra, with bottles to try
Label names that don't mention the grape, styles with food matches, serving and ageing
Cabernet Sauvignon is behind the great reds of Bordeaux's Left Bank and Napa Valley, and some of the best-value bottles from Chile. This quick guide explains why it tastes the way it does, how climate and gravel soils shape it, and what oak and blending add.
Page two compares nine key regions side by side, with a bottle to try at every price, the label names that hide Cabernet, and four styles with food matches.
What's inside
Cabernet at a glance: home, parents, body and other names
A cool-to-warm flavour scale, from green pepper to ripe blackcurrant
How place shapes the wine, what the winemaker does, and the oak dial
Nine key regions compared, from the Médoc to Coonawarra, with bottles to try
Label names that don't mention the grape, styles with food matches, serving and ageing