Although you can buy Cabernet Sauvignon in any Liquor store it is everything but cheap. It’ll take more than 5 years for one bottle to become a delicious wine with notes of black currant and cassis. Apart from France there are some really successful Cabernet plantings in the New World, especially in California’s Napa Valley. Actually, most if their caymus wines are tasty. Since 1960s Cabernet sauvignon is the most popular varietal red wine in the USA.

As a rule, Cabernet Sauvignon wines smell like black currants with a certain degree of weediness. The wine itself tastes delicious and will perfectly complement red meats, pastas, lamb, strong-flavored cheese, and chocolates.

Try Cabernet Sauvignon with dark chocolate and you will be immediately Cabernet-addicted! One more thing, very often Cabernet Sauvignon is used to add other wines some complexity, so when you think of the finest red wines, you often think of wines made with Cabernet Sauvignon.