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Cabernet Sauvignon
[cab-er-NAY SO- vin-yon]
The king of red wines! Cabernet Sauvignon is a remarkably steady and consistent performer through much of the world. Bordeaux has used the grape consistently since the 18th century, always blending it with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and sometimes a soupcon of Petite Verdot and Malbec. The Bordeaux model is built around not only the desire to craft complex wines, but also the need to ensure that different grape varieties ripen at different intervals and to give lesser wines color, tannin, or backbone.
This grapes classic flavors are blackberry, currant, plum, black cherry and spice. It can also be marked by herb, olive, mint, tobacco, cedar and anise as well as ripe, jammy notes. In warmer areas, it can be supple and elegant; in cooler areas, it can be marked by pronounced vegetal, bell pepper, oregano and tar flavors (a late ripener, it can not always be relied upon in cool areas, which is why Germany, for example, has never succumbed to the lure). It can also be very tannic, which is why it produces many of the world's longest lived wines. The best Cabernets always start out dark ruby or purple in color, with firm acidity, a full body, great intensity, concentrated flavors, and firm tannins.
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$21(free s/h) This Cabernet is a wine with aristocratic character. You will find this wine to have an ample and intense perfume, slightly grassy with …more info
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Vintage: 2005
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Country: Italy
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$50(free s/h) This fine wine boasts an inky black color with cherries/black cassis and gobs of eucalyptus and oak on the nose. Still young and backwar
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Vintage: 2003
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Country: US-Ca
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$24(free s/h) Gary Miller, the owner of River Road Cellars, is happy to produce a limited quanity of exceptionally fine wines at reasonable prices. Th
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Vintage: 2005
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Country: US-Ca
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$102 (AIR SHIP) This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. 92-94 Points (Potentially Outstanding)...intense and co
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Vintage: 2002
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Country: US-CA
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$112(AIR SHIP) 2,946 cases made. WS-89 Excellent structure, with a firm, refined band of spicy currant, herb, bay leaf and cedar. Wonderful balance an
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$156(Air Ship) Drink now through 2012. 4,213 cases made. "Spicy mint and bay leaf aromas mingle with ripe currant and black cherry fruit, turning smoo
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$120(AIR SHIP) This 2001 will probably need 8-10 years of cellaring; it should last for 3-4 decades. An interesting point of trivia is that Randy Dunn
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Vintage: 2001
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Country: US-CA
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$110.(AIR SHIP) Dark and intense, with a tight, compact, tightly wound band of earth, anise, leather, game meat, currant and blackberry, revealing lay
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Vintage: 2000
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Country: US-CA
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$185 Aromas of blackberry liqueur and vintage port, this is a dense, rich outrageously ripe wine! As the wine sits in the glass, graphite, wet stones,
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Vintage: 2003
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Country: France
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$28(free s/h) The family run Lushof Estate is situated high on the slopes of Helderberg Mountain overlooking False Bay. Cooling sea breezes and Antarc
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Vintage: 2004
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Country: South Africa
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$27(free s/h) Stefano Riboli is continuing his Uncle Santo's tradtitions for fine winemaking at the San Antonio Winery in California. Its been in oper
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Vintage: 2000
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Country: US-CA
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$40(free s/h) The family owned Kiona Vineyards planted Red Mountain's first grapes in 1975, pioneering the appellation now widely acclaimed as one of …more info
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Vintage: 2002
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Country: US
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$20(free s/h) Rodney Beard named this small boutique brand after joking that his arduous and exacting winemaking methods were costing his family their
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Vintage: 2004
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Country: US-CA
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$21(free s/h) A straightforward wine. Ripe and well-balanced, the 2004 Springtide is a blend of 72% Shiraz, 20% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. With
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Vintage: 2004
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Country: South Africa
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$25(free s/h) This is a 1/2 bottle. "This wine is made from lots selected for their complexity of flavors and supple tannins. The blend includes Merl
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Vintage: 2004
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Country: US-CA
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