Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is a small, round, black grape for winemaking; it is one of the most renowned red wine grapes. It actually wasn’t proven that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc until 1996 by wine researchers at UC Davis.

Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

It wasn't until the 1970s and 1980s that Napa Valley showed the world it meant business with Cabernet Sauvignon. In 1976, a private wine competition in Paris judged by several top French trades and journalists compared current releases of Bordeaux and Napa wines. Later called the "Judgment of Paris," the tasting results showed that American Cabernet could stand toe-to-toe with the most important Bordeaux wines of the time. A decade later, Bordeaux wine critic Robert Parker awarded the 1985 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon a perfect 100 points, the first Napa Valley wine to receive this coveted score.

The classic profile of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon tends to be full-bodied wines with high tannins and noticeable acidity, consistently exhibit flavors of black currant, ripe plum, subtle licorice, black cherry, raspberry, as well as blueberry and/or blackberry.

赤霞珠

赤霞珠是一种果粒较小，果皮较厚，单宁和色素含量高，用于酿造葡萄酒的红葡萄品种。1996年，加州大学戴维斯分校的葡萄酒研究人员通过DNA鉴定发现赤霞珠是由品丽珠和长相思杂交育成。

纳帕赤霞珠

直到20世纪70、80年代，纳帕谷才向世界展示了其赤霞珠葡萄酒的商业价值。 在1976年巴黎举办的一场由法国顶级贸易商和记者参加的葡萄酒盲品比赛中，评委们品尝了来自波尔多和纳帕的葡萄酒，品尝结果出乎意料，美国赤霞珠葡萄酒与当时最重要的波尔多葡萄酒对比不相上下，这就是著名的“巴黎的审判”。10年后，波尔多葡萄酒著名酒评家罗伯特·帕克给纳帕格罗斯酒庄1985年份赤霞珠打出了一个完美的100分，这也是纳帕谷第一款获得梦寐以求满分的葡萄酒。

典型的纳帕赤霞珠葡萄酒酒体丰满，高单宁，酸度明显，经常呈现出黑醋栗，成熟李子，含蓄的甘草，黑樱桃，覆盆子以及蓝莓和/或黑莓的味道。