Red wine, anyone?
The Cabernet Sauvignon grape is practically synonymous with red wine, and where else to taste the best of the best, but in the Médoc and the Haut Médoc wine regions of Bordeaux, France.
Just near enough to the Gironde river, conditions here are perfect for what is known as one of the world’s finest wine grapes. Although the wine made from the Cabernet Sauvignon grape is astringent when young due to the tannin it contains, Cabernet wines mellow with age into that delicious, full-bodied taste we all know and love.
Some of the wines made at the famous Château Mouton-Rothschild in the Médoc use a very high percentage of Cabernet grapes – up to ninety percent! Located just outside the village of Pauillac, thirty miles to the north-west of Bordeaux, Mouton-Rothschild is a magnet for the red wine lover. No other vineyard in the Médoc uses more Cabernet Sauvignon than Mouton-Rothschild.
Besides tasting their delicious wine, visitors to the Château Mouton-Rothschild should not miss the wine museum with its collection of “all things wine,” going back to Roman times…
Thirsty yet?
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