Ruby Cabernet
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Ruby Cabernet is a red wine grape created in 1936 by Dr. Harold Olmo at UC Davis in California.
RUBY CABERNET
A red-wine grape cross of Carignane and Cabernet Sauvignon, bred for use in the hot San Joaquin Valley region of California, but showing promise in cooler coastal regions.
Ruby Cabernet: Deep-coloured and pleasant. Best enjoyed young.
Valdespenas: Light colour, low acid, rather neutral flavour. Blends well with Greanache and Cabernet Sauvignon to make a Spanish red. Best drunk young.
Ruby Cabernet
An American cross between the Cabernet Sauvignon and Cinsault grapes.
Ruby Cabernet, workhorse grape found particularly in California where it originated (at University of California at Davis) produced from a Carignan Cabernet cross. It produces bland wine - albeit in a beautiful pretty ruby colour.
RUBY CABERNET:
Red-wine grape cross originating from Carignane and Cabernet Sauvignon parentage. Bred for use in the hot San Joaquin Valley region of California, it shows better promise in cooler coastal regions.
The "noble" Cabernet-Sauvignon was crossed with the "common" Carignane to arrive at the Ruby Cabernet grape, a cross intended to produce a variety capable of surviving the hot climes of the Central Valley well enough to produce a decent wine.
As in the case of Ruby Cabernet, it was thought that the result of the cross might retain the quality of Cabernet wine and the viticultural characteristics of the other two varieties.
the grape is often blended with Cinsaut, Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Mourvèdre and Merlot. It has an upright growth habit and can be grown without a trellis. It was crossed to Cabernet Sauvignon to give Ruby Cabernet.
 See also: Cabernet, Grape, Sauvignon, Ruby, Cabernet Sauvignon
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