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Cabernet sauvignon Bordeaux Rive gauche vin rouge tranquille

Origin

Bordeaux

Growing regions

France, Italy, Hungary, Spain, USA, Chile, New Zealand, Argentina, California, Australia, South Africa

Bordeaux’s Left Bank is the birthplace and spiritual home of Cabernet Sauvignon — the dominant variety of Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux and Saint-Estèphe. On the deep, well-drained gravel mounds of the Garonne, its roots reach 10 metres deep, yielding wines of legendary longevity.