The Shapes of Wine

Jan de Weerd - Spoken Wines

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The Shapes of Wine

Did you know that you can readily recognize the wine grape variety by its leaf shape? Here are some examples.

Cabernet Sauvignon - five lobed leaf, deeply cut and overlapping, forming round holes  or 'eyes' staring at you.

Cabernet Sauvignon - five lobed leaf, deeply cut and overlapping, forming round holes or ‘eyes’ staring at you.


Merlot - a five lobed 'Maple leaf' shaped leaf without the overlap. So no 'eyes' peaking at you.

Merlot - a five lobed ‘Maple leaf’ shaped leaf without the overlap. So no ‘eyes’ peaking at you.


Chardonnay - nearly round leaf without the destinct lobes.

Chardonnay - nearly round leaf without the destinct lobes.

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