Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 1

Cab Sav profile

Answer 1

Black fruit and herbaceous aromas
High tannins
High acidity

Great for aging

Question 2

Most famous Cab Sav area

Answer 2

Left Bank in Bordeaux (gravely soil which helps with heavy rainfall cooling effect)

Haut-Medoc
Margaux
Pauillac

Also:
Graves (including Pessac-Leognan)
Langedoc-Roussillon (Pays d’Oc)

Question 3

Labeling in Bordeaux

Answer 3

Chateau
Grand Cru Classe/Cru Classe (best Chateux)
Cru Bourgeois (Medoc but not in on the ancient Cru Chateu classifications)

Question 4

Oak or inert

Answer 4

Very often oaked

This is mostly because unoaked fresh Cab Sav can be unpleasantly tannic

Question 5

American Cab Sav

Answer 5

Napa Valley and Sonoma

Oakville, Rutherford, Calistoga are subregions that produce some of the fullest bodied Cab Savs in California

Question 6

Chilean Cab Sav regions

Answer 6

Maipo Valley
Colchagua Valley
Central Valley

Question 7

South African Cab Sav region

Answer 7

Stellenbosch

Question 8

What is Cape Blend?

Answer 8

Cab Sav mixed with local varietal Pinotage

Question 9

Australian Cab Sav area

Answer 9

Margaret River
Coonawara (cooler climate Cab Sav)

Question 10

New Zealand Cab Sav area

Answer 10

Hawke’s Bay