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Wine Details
Price:
$62.00 per bottle
Description:
Gold Medal, 2002 Riverside International Wine Competition
Wow! Our ’97 Reserve Cabernet is concentrated, complex and elegant. This intense wine fills your nose and palate with classic Cabernet flavors. It offers rich sweet oak, smoky black currants, dark raspberries and black cherries mixed with cedar. Add in a hint of tobacco, sage and a minerally quality characteristic of mountain fruit from the Dry Creek area. Enjoy some now, and cellar more for years of future enjoyment.
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Varietal Definition
Cabernet Sauvignon:
Cabernet Sauvignon is the most widely planted and significant among the five dominant varieties in France’s Bordeaux region, as well as the most successful red wine produced in California. Though it was thought to be an ancient variety, recent genetic studies at U.C. Davis have determined that Cabernet Sauvignon is actually the hybrid offspring of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc. Cabernet Sauvignon berries are small with black, thick and very tough skin. This toughness makes the grapes fairly resistant to disease and spoilage and able to withstand some autumn rains with little or no damage. It is a mid to late season ripener. These growth characteristics, along with its flavor appeal have made Cabernet Sauvignon one of the most popular red wine varieties worldwide.
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