Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 1

Cab Sav is significant for what part of Bordeaux?

Answer 1

Left Bank

Question 2

Cab Sav growing characteristics

Answer 2

Grapes need a long and warm season to ripen fully

Question 3

Cab Sav characteristics (sweetness)

Answer 3

Dry

Question 4

Cab Sav characteristics (body)

Answer 4

Medium to full

Question 5

Cab Sav characteristics (acidity)

Answer 5

High

Question 6

Cab Sav characteristics (tannins)

Answer 6

High

Question 7

Cab Sav has what herbal notes?

Answer 7

Mint or capsicum

Question 8

Cab Sav has what black fruit flavours?

Answer 8

Blackcurrant and black cherry

Question 9

When does blending Cab Sav with Merlot become helpful?

Answer 9

In cooler vintages when Cab Sav may struggle to ripen

Question 10

Issue with newly fermented Cab Sav?

Answer 10

Can taste unpleasantly tannic

Question 11

Why is oak barrel ageing so important for Cab Sav?

Answer 11

It softens the tannins

Question 12

A new-oak barrel will impart what secondary flavours in Cab Sav?

Answer 12

Smoke, vanilla, cedar and cloves

Question 13

Other than smoke and vanilla, what other secondary flavours can Cab Sav typically impart?

Answer 13

Cedar and cloves

Question 14

What feature means Cab Sav ripen better in Left Bank vineyards?

Answer 14

Gravel soils

Question 15

Gravels benefits in Left Bank vineyards

Answer 15

Better irrigation
Heat absorption

Question 16

In a particularly cool vintage, Bordeaux blends will experience what change in proportions?

Answer 16

Merlot proportion increases

Question 17

What does Chateau indicate in Boredeaux labelling?

Answer 17

Wine has been made from grapes grown on the producer’s land

Question 18

Example of high-quality label for Bordeaux

Answer 18

Grand Cru Classe or just Cru Classe

Question 19

Which part of Bordeaux features labels using Cru Bourgeois if they cannot qualify as Cru Classe?

Answer 19

Medoc

Question 20

Cab Sav (and other wines) from Languedoc Roussillon are typically labelled as what?

Answer 20

Pays d’Oc IGP

Question 21

Pays d’Oc IGP labels wine from which region of France?

Answer 21

Langudeoc-Roussillon

Question 22

Calistoga is found where?

Answer 22

Far north of the Napa Valley

Question 23

Where are some Napa’s ripest and fullest-bodied Cab Savs from?

Answer 23

Calistoga

Question 24

Cab Savs labelled California are typically from where?

Answer 24

Central Valley

Question 25

Maipo Valley and Colchagua Valley are part of which wider Chilean region?

Answer 25

Central Valley

Question 26

Cab Savs from the foothills of Chile’s mountains have what distinctive characteristics?

Answer 26

Herbal and herbaceous

Question 27

What kind of a region is Stellenbosch?

Answer 27

Mountainous with a moderate to warm climate

Question 28

A Cape Blend is achieved with what varieties?

Answer 28

Cab Sav, Merlot and Pinotage

Question 29

How is the Coonawarra moderate as a warm climate?

Answer 29

Cloud cover and southern breezes

Question 30

Coonawarra Cab Sav has what characteristics?

Answer 30

Mint, blackcurrant with smoke and cedar

Question 31

How can fresher and fruitier Cab Savs be produced?

Answer 31

Gentler winemaking techniques that extract less tannin