Four methods of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI), an irrigation technique whereby water is supplied at rates at or below the full evapotranspiration (ET c ), were applied to Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. The grapes were thereafter processed with three winemaking techniques: control (10-day maceration), extended maceration (EM; 30-day maceration), and saignée (removal of 16% of must by volume at crushing). The 25% ET c treatment had higher concentrations (fresh weight basis) of skin anthocyanins and seed tannins. Overall, skin tannins showed increased biosynthesis in 100% ET c and 25/100% ET c , whereas seed tannins were mostly (positively) affected due to a reduction of fresh weight in 25% ET c . Extraction of anthocyanins and tannins during winemaking ranged from 40 to 73% and from 17 to 26%, respectively. During maceration, the extraction curves for both anthocyanins and tannins were unaffected by the RDI treatments; quantitative differences were caused primarily by the winemaking treatments and secondarily by the RDI treatments. Consistent with a higher content of anthocyanins, 25% ET c wines had higher concentrations of polymeric pigments and greater color saturation and a* (red color component) both at day 30 and after 120 days post-crushing. EM enhanced seed tannin extraction, which resulted in a 50% increase in wine tannins relative to control and saignée wines, but it lowered anthocyanins and color saturation. Saignée increased anthocyanins at day 5 by 22% and tannins by 24% (relative to control wines), resulting in higher concentrations of polymeric pigments after 120 days. Both saignée and control wines had a roughly equivalent proportion of seed-and skin-derived tannins, whereas EM wines had 73% seed-derived tannins.