Cabernet Sauvignon Grape Vine, Un-Staked Five Gallon Plant Grow your own wine! Shipped potted in its original soil and container. Cabernet Sauvignon is the premier red wine grape in the world. Cabernet wines are usually blended with other varieties to make wines with increased complexity. Cabernet Sauvignon is a small dark thick skinned grape that gives average yields. It needs slightly warmer growing conditions than many other varieties in order to achieve maturity. Cabernet Sauvignon Taste characteristics include: dark cherry, cedar, tobacco, black currant, and if grown in cool climates, green pepper or olive overtones. Enjoy the foliage as it goes dormant, and its dominant trunk and branch pattern which gives good winter time interest. Hardy to about 5s. Grow over trellis, patio cover, pergola or arbor.