Wines made from Cabernet-Sauvignon grapes of Baja California
Discover the best wines made with Cabernet-Sauvignon as a single variety or as a blend of Baja California.
More informations about the variety Cabernet-Sauvignon
Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
More informations about the region of North
The wine region of Baja California is located in the region of North of Mexico. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Baron Balche or the Domaine Santo Tomás produce mainly wines red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Baja California are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Tempranillo and Nebbiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Baja California often reveals types of flavors of oaky, smoke or plum and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, non oak or earth.
What are the typical flavors of the Cabernet-Sauvignon grape variety?
- OakPresent in 45% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Red fruitPresent in 40% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- EarthPresent in 40% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Black fruitPresent in 37% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- SpicesPresent in 35% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Non oakPresent in 31% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Dried fruitPresent in 16% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- MicrobioPresent in 15% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- FloralPresent in 11% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Citrus fruitPresent in 2% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- PepperPresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Tree fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Baking spicePresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Dark fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- SaltPresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- ChocolatePresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Black currantPresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- Red fruitPresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- RaspberryPresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
- PlumPresent in 1% of Cabernet-Sauvignon
News about the grape variety Cabernet-Sauvignon
To Kalon: Napa Valley’s star vineyard gets organic certification
To Kalon, a vineyard regarded as California’s crown jewel thanks to its enduring renown for producing world-class, top-scoring Cabernet Sauvignon, has secured its legendary status with organic certification. Blue-chip producers such as Robert Mondavi, Schrader Cellars, To Kalon Vineyard Company and Cliff Lede have all cemented their reputations on To Kalon fruit. But as iconic as they and this vineyard are, there is always room for improvement. The past three years have seen rigorous overhauls w ...
Wine Australia closes Shanghai office after Chinese exports plunge
China was previously Australia’s leading export market, with sales worth $1.2 billion in the year to September 2020. However, Beijing then imposed a 212% tariff on imported wine from Australia as a retaliatory measure after Canberra called for an international investigation into China’s handling of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Trade minister Simon Birmingham called it ‘a very distressing time for many hundreds of Australian wine producers, who have built in good faith a sound market in China’ ...
Vine trunks rise to meet climatic changes
While taller overall vines do exist in regions such as Galicia with their pergola training method, the roots of any vine usually top out at 37cm. It’s at this top point where the Vitis vinifera shoot is grafted in and continues to grow, giving us such grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. This is opposed to the rootstocks which are composed of various crosses of vines such as Vitis rupestris which aren’t used for wine production but are resistant to the root louse, phylloxera. This new tal ...