Is Cabernet Sauvignon actually good?

Cabernet Sauvignon sits in the 16.9% percentile against every wine we rank, meaning it scores above 16.9% of them.

How does Cabernet Sauvignon compare to similar wines?

Within Red · South Africa, Cabernet Sauvignon lands in the 19.1% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a wine for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Cabernet Sauvignon's score based on?

1,412 calibrated reviewers stand behind Cabernet Sauvignon's score.

Arabella Cabernet Sauvignon

global pct

16.9

Red · Robertson · South Africa

Arabella Cabernet Sauvignon

Name: Arabella Cabernet Sauvignon
Brand: Arabella

Scored from 1,412 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: Red · South Africa (132 wines).

16.9%

Global percentile

vs. all 69,234 ranked wines

19.1%

In-cohort percentile

Red · South Africa · 132 wines

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AI-adjusted percentile

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Is Cabernet Sauvignon a good wine?

Summary

Arabella Cabernet Sauvignon is a South African red from Robertson.

1,412 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 1,477 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track. 131 other reds from South Africa form the cohort it is ranked inside.

Cohort: Red · South Africa · 132 wines
Calibrated reviewers: none yet
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Red · South Africa

Closest peers

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Nederburg · The Winemaster's Cabernet Sauvignon

Red16.9

Red · South Africa · n=3,020

De Stier · Shiraz

Red16.6

Red · South Africa · n=40

Red17.5

Red · South Africa · $40.00 · n=138

Red17.6

Red · South Africa · n=490

Douglas Green · Vineyard Friends Pinotage

Red16

Red · South Africa · n=63

Red15.8

Red · South Africa · n=159

Red18.1

Red · South Africa · $25.70 · n=750

Red18.5

Red · South Africa · n=607