Cabernet Sauvignon

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Cabernet Sauvigon is the King of the red wine grape varieties. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in the gravelly soils of the Left Bank of Bordeaux and grows particularly well in California's Napa Valley. Cabernet Sauvignon being challenged by Merlot is still one of the world's most popular and widely planted red wine grape varities. It is one of the most important grapes in Bordeaux and most of California's most prized and expensive wines are predominately Cabernet Sauvignon. There are four distinct styles in which Cabernet Sauvignopn is classified. The first is easy drinking, fresh and fruity, the second is a step up intense fruit and ripe tannin, the third is the elegant style which offers more complexity and the final style is full bodied, dense and firm tannins