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A green skinned variety, which gets its name from the french word: “sauvage” meaning “wild” and “blanc” meaning “white”
Climate dependant - the flavour can range from aggressively grassy to sweet and tropical.
The wine is usually consumed young, as it does not improve with age.
It was one of the first types of wine to be mass produced with a screwcap.
Drink with: fish or cheese
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The soft fleshy nature of the grape makes it ideal for blending with sterner, later ripening Cabernet Sauvignon.
More “approachable” and often more affordable also.
Dry, but has a distinct fruit flavour - such as black cherry, strawberry, plum or fig.
The earliest recorded document of Merlot was in the notes of a Bordeaux official in 1784 who labeled wine made from the grape in the Libournais region
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Cabernet Sauvignon is a dark coloured wine - nearly black. It is dry.
It is one of the world’s most widely known and recognised types of wine.
It is grown in nearly every wine producing country in the world.
It became internationally recognised first through Bordeux wines.
It is often also blended with Merlot and Cabernet franc.
Originally from France.