Cabernet Sauvignon is one of Bordeaux three great grapes, and the leading grape of the famous "Left Bank" Chateaux of the Medoc. It can make a more challenging wine in Bordeaux than it does, for... Read More

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of Bordeaux three great grapes, and the leading grape of the famous "Left Bank" Chateaux of the Medoc. It can make a more challenging wine in Bordeaux than it does, for instance, in Napa; fruit flavors are a little less lush, the acids a little higher and, when young, the tannins grippier. 

But the payoff is concentration, complex and age-worthiness that is never exceeded.