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Cabernet Mitos

Cabernet Mitos wine guide: what this red grape tastes like, where it comes from, the regions that grow it, and what to eat with it.

Colour
Red
Body
Full
Origin
Germany
Top region
Württemberg
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Key regions
3
Pairings
1
Synonyms

Cabernet Mitos is a red grape variety, with its roots in Württemberg, Germany.

The wines show full body, medium-high tannin, medium acidity, dry and medium alcohol.

The tasting note runs to dark berries, blackcurrant, plum, herbal notes, spice and earth.

It is planted most seriously in Württemberg.

In the vineyard it is marked by late ripening, hardy vigour and a preference for requires sunny sites.

On other labels it goes by WE 70-77-4 F.

At the table it suits veal schnitzel with garlic potatoes, steak sandwich with caramelized onion and mature cheddar cheese.

The structure.

Body
Full
Tannin
Medium-high
Acidity
Medium
Sweetness
Dry
Alcohol
Medium
Flavours
dark berriesblackcurrantplum
Aromas
herbal notesspiceearth
Styles
full-bodied red

Where it grows.

Food pairings.

01 veal schnitzel with garlic potatoes
02 steak sandwich with caramelized onion
03 mature cheddar cheese

Also labelled.

WE 70-77-4 F.

Bottles to look for.

  • Weingut am Knopf Cabernet Mitos Trocken, Rheinhessen, Germany
  • Weingut Doering Cabernet Mitos, Pfalz, Germany
  • Weingut Koster-Wolf Alzeyer Romerberg Cabernet Mitos Trocken, Rheinhessen, Germany
  • Weingut Leo Lahm Cabernet Mitos Trocken, Rheinhessen, Germany
  • Weingut Lothar Konig Schwabenheimer Klostergarten Cabernet Mitos Spatlese Feinherb, Rheinhessen, Germany
  • Weingut Quint Cabernet Mitos Barrique Trocken, Mosel, Germany
  • Weingut Woerner Cabernet Mitos Spatlese Trocken, Pfalz, Germany
  • Weingut Woerner Cabernet Mitos Spatlese, Pfalz, Germany

Cabernet Mitos: common questions

01.
What does Cabernet Mitos taste like?
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Cabernet Mitos tastes of dark berries, blackcurrant, plum, herbal notes, spice and earth. The wines show full body, medium-high tannin, medium acidity, dry and medium alcohol.
02.
Where is Cabernet Mitos from?
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Cabernet Mitos originates in Württemberg, Germany.
03.
Where is Cabernet Mitos grown?
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The key regions for Cabernet Mitos are Württemberg.
04.
What food pairs with Cabernet Mitos?
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Pour it with veal schnitzel with garlic potatoes, steak sandwich with caramelized onion and mature cheddar cheese.
05.
What else is Cabernet Mitos called?
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Cabernet Mitos is also labelled WE 70-77-4 F.

Keep going: the A to Z grape index, or the wine regions of Germany.

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