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Ca⋅ber⋅net Sau⋅vi⋅gnon

[kab-er-ney soh-vin-yohn; Fr. ka-ber-ney soh-vee-nyawn]
–noun
1. a premium red grape used in winemaking, esp. in the Bordeaux region of France and in northern California.
2. a dry red wine made from this grape.
Also called Ca⋅ber⋅net.


Origin:
< F cabernet variety of red grape < Médoc dial., also carbenet, carmenet; sauvignon, MF sarvinien name applied regionally to various grape varieties; both words of obscure orig.
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cabernet

noun
superior Bordeaux type of red wine 
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