Cabernet Pfeffer is a red grape variety, with its roots in California, USA.
The wines show medium body, medium tannin, medium acidity, dry and medium alcohol.
The tasting note runs to cherry, pepper and spice.
It is planted most seriously in California.
In the vineyard it is marked by very late ripening and a preference for not mentioned.
It blends readily with Cabernet Sauvignon and Gros Verdot.
On other labels it goes by Gros Verdot.
At the table it suits entrecôt marchand de vin, spicy mutton sausage with sumac and harissa and barbecued lamb cutlets with garlic.
The structure.
Where it grows.
Blends well with.
Food pairings.
Also labelled.
Gros Verdot.
Bottles to look for.
- Bedrock Wine Co. Enz Vineyard Cabernet Pfeffer, Lime Kiln Valley, USA
- Birichino Enz Vineyard Cabernet Pfeffer, Lime Kiln Valley, USA
- Broc Cellars 'SOGI' Cabernet Pfeffer, Lime Kiln Valley, USA
- Coterra Cabernet Pfeffer, Cienega Valley, USA
- DeRose Vineyards Cabernet Pfeffer, Cienega Valley, USA
- Donkey and Goat Cabernet Pfeffer, San Benito County, USA
- Filomena High Camp Vineyard Cabernet Pfeffer, Estrella District, USA
- Filomena Siletto Vineyard Cabernet Pfeffer Rose, San Benito County, USA
Cabernet Pfeffer: common questions
01.What does Cabernet Pfeffer taste like?+
02.Where is Cabernet Pfeffer from?+
03.Where is Cabernet Pfeffer grown?+
04.What food pairs with Cabernet Pfeffer?+
05.What else is Cabernet Pfeffer called?+
Keep going: the A to Z grape index, or the wine regions of USA.