CABERNET SAUVIGNON

[Piquin]

I need to know if there is a type of wie named only Cabernet, I know Cabenrnet franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, but I have right now a trial with a friend who told me he found a bottle of wine named only Cabernet, pls let me know if there is a clas of grape named only Cabernet

[Kcwhippet]

The short answer is - NO. There is Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, but no grape called just Cabernet. Sorry.

[This message has been edited by Kcwhippet (edited 04-04-2006).]

[wineguruchgo]

That is not to say, however, that the label of the wine didn't "just say Cabernet". It might have. Yet the grape is Cabernet Sauvignon.

In order for a wine, here in the US, to have the grape name on the label it has to be 75% of that grape.

It could have been 90% Sauvignon and 10% Franc and they just called it Cabernet.

But again, as KC said, there is no singular Cabernet Grape. Both have a last name.

[Piquin]

thank you both fro these quick replies, but pls reconfirm that in the past there was no type of grape named only Cabernet, my friend, with whom I have the trial informed me that he found a bottle of wine as Cebernet only named in France and it costs aobut USD 400 each bottle, I really don't know.

[Kcwhippet]

Cabernet Sauvignon is a hybrid, since it's a natural cross of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. This happened many hundreds of years ago. Cabernet Franc can be traced back about 2000 years to Biturica grape vines brought to Gaul (France) by the Romans. Other varieties, such as Merlot and Malbec, can trace their origins back to the Biturica also. Cabernet Franc was named back about the early 1700's, and Cabernet Sauvignon about the same time. However, there has not been a grape called just Cabernet.

[brappy]

That's interesting.......