Wines made from Ruby-cabernet grapes of Western Cape
Discover the best wines made with Ruby-cabernet as a single variety or as a blend of Western Cape.
More informations about the variety Ruby-cabernet
Intraspecific crossing carried out in 1936 by Doctor Harold Paul Olmo of the University of California in Davis (United States) between the carignan and the cabernet-sauvignon. The first plantings were made in 1948 in the United States (California). Today, it is less and less multiplied, but it can still be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, the United States, etc. In France, it is almost unknown.
More informations about the region of Western Cape
The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.
What are the typical flavors of the Ruby-cabernet grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 15% of Ruby-cabernet
- Black fruitPresent in 10% of Ruby-cabernet
- OakPresent in 9% of Ruby-cabernet
- EarthPresent in 6% of Ruby-cabernet
- Non oakPresent in 6% of Ruby-cabernet
- SpicesPresent in 6% of Ruby-cabernet
- MicrobioPresent in 3% of Ruby-cabernet
- FloralPresent in 1% of Ruby-cabernet
- Tropical fruitPresent in 1% of Ruby-cabernet