Blending is essential to making some of the world’s most iconic wines. We explored the several ways to blend last week. This week, specific wines created by blending.
Key varieties are cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, malbec, and petit verdot for red wines ... less than 90% of the wine is sangiovese. Super Tuscans are blends of sangiovese, cabernet ...
In general, wines can be divided into varietals and blends. This being wine, it is not so black-and-white simple. Let’s explore. A varietal wine has a single variety of grape on the label.