Vinum Cabernet Sauvignon
Vinum – Cabernet Guide: a classic and atypical family.
Sauvignon, Franc, but also Jura, Noir, Dorsa, Cortis. Cabernet has many faces around the globe. With such a wide range of grape varieties, our Swiss wine-growing region concentrates a large number of variations in a small area in an extraordinary way. An irresistible playground for tasters!
The most famous and second most planted grape variety in the world, Cabernet Sauvignon, needs time and sun to mature. It made up less than a third of the wines tasted for this wine guide. Cabernet Franc stole the show. It is also inextricably linked to the Bordeaux wine-growing region, but also stands for the wines of the Loire. As it ripens earlier, it is easier to cultivate in our latitudes. The resistant grape varieties, which are among the outsiders in this tasting, have bravely defied their historical ancestors. One of the oldest representatives of this clique of enfants terribles, the Cabernet Dorsa, which was blended with the typical Austrian grape variety St. Laurent, was at the top of the winners’ podium. The Cabernet Jura and Cabernet Noir, which have a certain rusticity depending on how they are vinified, caused lively debate among our tasting panel, whose palates still need some time to adjust.
As was to be expected, paprika was also a topic of discussion. Is this characteristic aroma always a sign of a lack of ripeness or is it part of the typicality of the grape variety? The answer is not simple. Not all peppers are the same! When ripe and cooked and reminiscent of Provence, they are a delight. But it can also bring refreshing, elegant vegetal notes to wines with a woody character. So you should form your own opinion, depending on your taste.
Tasting: Pascal Besnard, Alain Chamot, Laurie Leuba-Nicod, Thomas Wegmüller and Anick Goumaz
Texts : Thomas Wegmüller and Anick Goumaz
