The Legacy of Cabernet Sauvignon
Taste Cabernet Sauvignon and you'll understand its allure. To make a fine Cabernet Sauvignon, grapes are harvested rather late in the growing season. This means the flavors have been able to deepen and expand, which help to create a wine rich with delicately layered tastes. People sometimes call the wine noble. The grape itself has an impressive legacy: it was first grown in the Bordeaux region of France about two centuries ago. Now it's grown on the finest vineyards around the world.
In fact, one California winery, with grapes from the best vineyards in Napa Valley and Sonoma County, devotes special attention to this classic varietal. At the Louis M. Martini winery, the philosophy is simple: Great winemaking begins with great grapes. The winery crafts several different types of Cabernet Sauvignon. Each express the best characteristics of the grape as well as the terroir (special character) of the Napa and Sonoma vineyards where the grapes are grown. Founder Louis M. Martini once said, My heart is in Napa, but my soul is in Sonoma—and he put both heart and soul into his wines.
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