It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux is the grape's native home, where it's the dominant grape in Right Bank appellations ...

I wouldn't recommend beginning the trip during a dry January or sober October, though: it's the province where grapes used to produce Bordeaux and Saint Emilion wines as well as cognac are grown.

Representing Château Clarke and Château des Laurets Nationally  NAPA, CA., December 4, 2024 – Quintessential, a distinguished ...

The Saint-Emilion area benefited from its location on the pilgrimage ... It is an exceptional landscape devoted entirely to wine-growing, with many fine historic monuments in its towns and villages.

It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux is the grape's native home, where it's the dominant grape in Right Bank appellations ...