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Screaming Eagle Second Flight 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$935.48
This is very structured with ripe and silky tannins that show a dense and compacted fruit character. It's full and...
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Screaming Eagle Second Flight 2012
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$951.99
This is very structured with ripe and silky tannins that show a dense and compacted fruit character. It's full and...
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Sine Qua Non The Writing On The Wall 2012
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$6476.80
$6890.21
The 2012 Petite Sirah The Writing on the Wall should be the greatest Petite Sirah to ever come out of California (or...
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Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon Lyndenhurst 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$256.12
The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Lyndenhurst is sexy, radiant and delicious, with plenty of the typical Spottswoode red...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$228.28
The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23 reveals more oak on the nose, but is a much deeper, richer, fuller wine than the...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$187.90
From the vineyard that helped propel the appellation's reputation into the stratosphere, this wine delivers both in...
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Staglin Family Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$242.87
One of the greatest Cabernet Sauvignons yet made by the Staglins is the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 30th...
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The Mascot (Will Harlan) Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$189.49
Made from the younger vines of Harlan Estate, BOND, and Promontory, The Mascot shares a unique glimpse into the...
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Ulysses Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$144.94
Subtle aromas of crushed berries and tile. Mushrooms. Almost dusty. Full to medium body, powdery tannins and...
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Verite La Muse 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$295.95
French for 'inspiration', La Muse is crafted primarily from Merlot fruit and represent a Pomerol-style wine. This...
2012 United States California
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.