Cabernet Sauvignon Flashcards

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Cabernet Sauvignon budding & ripening

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Cabernet Sauvignon
Late budding - late ripening

This is a late budding variety, giving it some protection from spring frosts.
It ripens late (and hence needs to be grown on warmer soils), making it vulnerable to early autumn rains.

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In Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon contributes :

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  • pronounced violet,
    blackcurrant,
    black cherry and
    menthol or herbaceous flavours,
  • medium alcohol and
  • high acidity and
  • high tannins
    to the Bordeaux blend.
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Soils where Cabernet Sauvignon gives the best fruit in Bordeaux

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it produces the highest quality fruit on warm, well-drained soils, such as the gravel beds of the Médoc

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Cabernet Sauvignon diseases

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It is prone to
- fungal diseases, especially powdery mildew (oidium)
- and the trunk diseases, Eutypa and Esca.

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Cabernet Sauvignon berry size, skin thickness (tannins)

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It is a small-berried thick-skinned variety
with high tannin content, resulting in wines with high tannins.

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Cabernet sauvignon and cooler seasons in Bordeaux

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In cooler seasons in Bordeaux, especially in the past with a cooler climate, growers could struggle to ripen Cabernet Sauvignon fully,

resulting in wines with high acidity, unripe tannins and little fruit.

As a result, and due to Cabernet Franc and Merlot’s earlier ripening, it was and still is regularly blended with these two varieties.

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The vineyard surface planted with Cabernet Sauvignon in Bordeaux

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about 22.000ha (2021)
(20,4% of total 108,000 hectares planted)

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