Wines made from Ruby-cabernet grapes of Abona
Discover the best wines made with Ruby-cabernet as a single variety or as a blend of Abona.
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.
The wine region of Abona is located in the region of Iles Canaries of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Flor de Chasna or the Domaine Bodegas Reverón produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Abona are Tempranillo, Merlot and Ruby-cabernet, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Abona often reveals types of flavors of peach, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or non oak.