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Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
is one of the world's most widely recognized red
wine
grape varieties
. It is grown in nearly every major
wine producing country
among a diverse spectrum of climates from
Canada's
Okanagan Valley
to
Lebanon's
Beqaa Valley
. Cabernet Sauvignon became internationally recognized through its prominence in
Bordeaux wines
where it is often blended with
Merlot
and
Cabernet Franc
. From
France
, the grape spread across
Europe
and to the
New World
where it found new homes in places like
California's
Santa Cruz Mountains
,
Napa Valley
,
New Zealand
's
Hawkes Bay
,
Australia's
Margaret River
and
Coonawarra
regions and
Chile's
Maipo Valley
and Colchagua. For most of the 20th century, it was the world's most widely planted premium red wine grape until it was surpassed by
Merlot
in the 1990s.
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