Grapevine Cabernet Sauvignon - Early Ripening

The Cabernet Sauvignon variety originates from France. It is grown in all wine-growing countries - France, USA, Australia, Chile, Argentina and others. In Bulgaria it is zoned.    Leaf - medium, rounded, strongly cut, 5-,7-lobed, slightly downy. The blade is curled upwards in a dish shape, with a reticulate-wrinkled surface. The outline of the middle lobe forms an acute angle. The upper sinuses are deep to very deep, closed, with an egg-shaped opening and a pointed base. The lower sinuses are closed with an egg-shaped opening and a pointed base, sometimes open, lyre-shaped. The petiolar sinus is closed, with an egg-shaped opening and a pointed base. The teeth are medium, triangular, with a broad base. The veins only on the underside up to the first branching are coloured wine-red. The petiole is medium long, thin, pink in places. The autumn colour of the leaf is red.    Flower - hermaphrodite.   Bunch - small, cylindrical-conical, moderately compact.        The stalk is medium long, medium thick, woody at the base, tough. Berry - small, spherical, blue-black, with an abundant bloom. The skin is thick, tough. The flesh is juicy with a harmonious flavour. The pedicel is short, thick, with a large flat cushion and a short brush.  Cabernet Sauvignon is a mid-ripening wine variety. Its grapes ripen in the first half of September. It has vigorous growth, high fertility and medium yield. It develops well on hills, on light sandy and humus-carbonate soils. It is relatively resistant to drought, cold and rot.  Its grapes yield high-quality table wines that develop their valuable qualities with ageing. Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the most renowned varieties for red table wines.  The main variety of the Médoc area in the Bordeaux region, France.