Cabernet Moravia wine is bred from Cabernet Franc and Zweigelt, giving it the aromatic lift of one parent and the soft tannin of the other. The producers below grow it in Moravia, where the continental climate keeps acidity bright.
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Cabernet Moravia was developed in the Czech Republic in the twentieth century, deliberately bred to handle Moravia's cool continental winters and short growing season. The cross of Cabernet Franc and Zweigelt produces a grape that ripens earlier than either parent would alone in this climate, giving growers consistent harvests even in difficult years. The wines that come out of it tend toward fresh red fruit, moderate tannin and a lively acidity that makes them natural companions to food. On Free Grape Society, each bottle is shipped directly from the producer's own cellar, with no importer or warehouse between the grower and your door.
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A mixbox from a Moravian producer is the closest thing to sitting in their cellar and letting them pour for you — six bottles they have chosen as a representative slice of what they make. For a grape like Cabernet Moravia, which can range from light and cherry-scented to darker and more structured depending on how long it spends in oak, a producer's own selection is often the most honest guide to what their house style actually sounds like. Free Grape Society is a society of producers, independent experts and wine lovers, not a shop.
The wineries below all work with Cabernet Moravia, mostly in Moravia's two main sub-regions — Slovácká and Velkopavlovická — where the warmest mesoclimates in the country allow red grapes to ripen fully. Reading the producer's own notes is the quickest way to understand how they interpret the grape, and the wine-advice service is there if you want a second opinion before you choose.
Cabernet Moravia is not a grape with a long critical history, which makes independent tasting notes more useful than they might be for a well-documented variety. Independent wine experts review wines they have personally tasted, and their notes appear on the wine page and on the expert's own profile. Several of the experts below have reviewed Cabernet Moravia wines featured on this page, so you can read what they found before deciding.
Find a bottle on this page, add it to your cart and check out. Payment is handled via Klarna or card. The wine ships directly from the producer's cellar in Moravia, typically within a few days of your order, and arrives at your door within 4 to 14 days. Shipping is free.
Send a photo to Free Grape Society customer support within 7 days of delivery. We will arrange a replacement or a refund. Because producers ship directly, quality issues are handled with the producer's direct involvement. Shared responsibility is built into how FGS works.
Yes. You can add bottles from different Moravian producers to the same cart. Each producer ships their own wines separately from their own cellar, so you may receive more than one delivery. Shipping is free on each.
Average delivery is 8 to 9 days from order to door. The full range is 4 to 14 days depending on the producer's location and your delivery address. Wines ship directly from the producer's cellar, not from a central warehouse.
The main variables are oak treatment and picking date. Some producers make a lighter, early-drinking style with little or no oak; others age the wine in barrel for a more structured result. The producer's own notes on each wine page will tell you which direction they have taken it, and the vintage year is a useful indicator of drinking window.
The selection grows as new Moravian growers join the platform. Each producer on this page has had their wines tasted before listing, and you can browse their full range, read their own notes, and check any available expert reviews directly on their producer page.
Several independent wine experts on Free Grape Society have reviewed Cabernet Moravia wines and can offer a recommendation. Browse the experts section on this page to see who has tasted wines from this grape, read their notes, and use the wine-advice form to ask a question directly.
Free Grape Society lists wines from independent producers who grow, make and bottle their own wine. Large-volume supermarket labels are made under contract and sold through distributors — the direct producer-to-buyer model that Free Grape Society is built on does not apply to them.
Czech wine, and Moravian wine in particular, rarely reaches retail shelves in other European countries. Distribution networks favour high-volume international varieties, which means independent Moravian producers growing Cabernet Moravia have almost no route to foreign consumers except through a platform like Free Grape Society.
Cabernet Moravia is a Czech crossing bred at the Velké Pavlovice research station in Moravia in 1977, developed specifically to ripen reliably in central European conditions where Cabernet Sauvignon struggles to reach full maturity. Its parents are Zweigeltrebe and Cabernet Franc, which gives it the structural depth of a Cabernet with the earlier ripening and cooler-climate adaptability of Central European varieties. The grape is grown almost exclusively in Moravia, the wine-producing heartland of the Czech Republic, where the combination of continental climate, limestone and loess soils produces wines with firm but approachable tannin, good acidity, and dark fruit character. Outside Moravia it appears only occasionally, making it one of the few grape varieties genuinely tied to a single region. Producers working with it tend to be small, estate-focused growers who bottle their own wine rather than selling to cooperatives, and you can find a selection of those Czech Republic wineries on Free Grape Society.
Wines made from Cabernet Moravia typically show dark cherry and blackcurrant fruit alongside a noticeable herbaceous note inherited from Cabernet Franc, with medium-full body and tannins that are present but rarely severe. Acidity tends to be good, which keeps the wine lively and makes it a useful match at the table. It works well alongside roasted meats, game, mushroom dishes, and anything with earthy, savoury character. Because the grape ripens at moderate sugar levels rather than very high ones, the wines often sit in a style that is food-friendly rather than extracted and heavy. Producers sometimes age Cabernet Moravia in oak, which adds spice and structure, but the variety also expresses itself cleanly without much wood. If you enjoy Cabernet Franc or Zweigelt from cooler European regions, Cabernet Moravia is a natural next step.
Because Cabernet Moravia is grown almost entirely in one region by relatively small producers, it rarely travels through the standard importer and distributor network that larger appellations rely on. On Free Grape Society, producers ship wines tasted before listing directly from their own cellar, with no importer or large warehouse in between, which means bottles like this reach buyers in Sweden and across Europe in a way that simply was not straightforward before. Free Grape Society is a society of producers, independent experts and wine lovers, not a shop. If you want to explore further, the Moravia mixboxes page shows producer selections from the region, and the broader Czech Republic wines page covers the full range of what Moravian and Bohemian growers are making.
