red grape
Cabernet Sauvignon
Natural crossing of Cabernet Franc × Sauvignon Blanc (17th-century Bordeaux)
Small, thick-skinned berries — hence deep colour and high tannin — budding and ripening late, which is why it thrives on warm, well-drained gravel (Médoc) and in sunny climates (Napa, Columbia Valley).
Structure tendencies
- body
- medium-plus to full
- tannin
- medium-plus to high
- acidity
- medium to medium-plus
- alcohol
- medium to high (climate-dependent)
tendencies in prose, as read by critics/consensus — not measured ordinals
Classic descriptors
fruit
cassis
in your cellar: 12 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Château Laroque 2022Château Pontet-Canet 2022blackberry
in your cellar: 11 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Larmande 2005Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Château Pontet-Canet 2022black cherry
in your cellar: 15 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Larmande 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Gloria 2020Château Laroque 2022Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Massolino Barolo 2016Château Pontet-Canet 2022floral & herbal
violet
in your cellar: 13 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Gloria 2022Château Laroque 2022Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Massolino Barolo 2016Château Pontet-Canet 2022mint
in your cellar: 10 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Château Pontet-Canet 2022eucalyptus
in your cellar: 2 bottlesChâteau Pontet-Canet 2021Château Gloria 2020bell pepper
not in any of your bottles yetearth & mineral
graphite
in your cellar: 12 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Château Laroque 2022Château Pontet-Canet 2022oak & spice
cedar
in your cellar: 9 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Gloria 2022Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Château Pontet-Canet 2022vanilla
in your cellar: 6 bottlesChâteau Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Larmande 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Château Laroque 2022toast
in your cellar: 3 bottlesChâteau Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Château Gloria 2020mocha
in your cellar: 9 bottlesChâteau Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Larmande 2005Château Gloria 2020Château Laroque 2022Château Pontet-Canet 2022dark chocolate
in your cellar: 11 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Larmande 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Château Pontet-Canet 2022tertiary
cigar box
in your cellar: 4 bottlesChâteau Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Château Gloria 2020tobacco
in your cellar: 13 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019Château Larmande 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Massolino Barolo 2016Château Pontet-Canet 2022Cassis is the universal Cabernet marker. Graphite attaches to gravel-grown Old World examples (Pauillac above all); mocha/mint/eucalyptus to ripe New World examples; bell-pepper (pyrazines) appears when fruit is less ripe.
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Les Forts de Latour 2017Pauillac AOC · 2017$163.99Château Pontet-Canet 2021Pauillac AOC · 2021$84.99Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Pauillac AOC · 2016$109.99Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Saint-Julien AOC · 2005$169.99Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010Saint-Julien AOC · 2010$174.99Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019Mount Veeder AVA · 2019$179.95L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Columbia Valley AVA · 2020$29.95Château Larmande 2005Saint-Émilion AOC · 2005$59.99Château Gloria 2022Saint-Julien AOC · 2022$49.99Château Gloria 2020Saint-Julien AOC · 2020$44.99Château Pontet-Canet 2022Pauillac AOC · 2022$139.99