Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is the world's most famous red grape variety, responsible for many of the planet's best-known wines. The traditional home of Cabernet Sauvignon is the Bordeaux region of France, and recent research has shown that its parents are Cabernet Franc and (rather surprisingly) Sauvignon Blanc. Its thick skins and high pip-to-pulp ratio help it to make deeply coloured, tannic—and long-lived wines. A great traveller, Cabernet Sauvignon can make full flavoured red wines just about anywhere grapes can be grown and vies with Shiraz as Australia's most successful red varietal. The characteristic flavour signature of Cabernet Sauvignon is blackcurrant fruit, together with spice, cedar, mint, menthol, chocolate and herbs, depending on the wine's origin and how it was made.Shiraz tends to make rich, dark wines with spicy, earthy flavours and aromas of violets and bacon fat.
Our Cabernet Sauvignon Wines
Leylines McLaren Vale Shiraz
Our Other Grapes
ChardonnayShiraz