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750ml
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$43.84
$46.00
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is the wine to focus on in this range in 2018. Dark and brooding, the 2018 is such a...
750ml
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$79.12
$81.20
Vivid purple. Powerful, smoke- and spice-accented aromas of dark berry preserves, candied flowers, mocha and olive...
750ml
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$58.83
$61.20
Lots of blue fruits, ground pepper, candied violets, and chalky minerality emerge from the 2018 Ingenuity, a pure,...
750ml
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$21.94
12 bottles:
$21.50
Mature, with cola, sassafras and mulled black cherry and blackberry fruit notes that give way to stemmy, warm earth...
750ml
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$99.90
12 bottles:
$97.90
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a prime example of the transparency provided by this vintage throughout...
1.5Ltr
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$42.00
6 bottles:
$41.16
Limpid straw-yellow. Vibrant, mineral-driven citrus and orchard fruit, honeysuckle, fennel and quinine qualities on...
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Daou Vineyards Chardonnay Reserve 2018
750ml - Case of 12
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$46.38
The 2018 Chardonnay opens with apple pie, baked quince, lemon curd and melon touches with notes of guava, dried hay,...
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Daou Vineyards Red Blend Soul Of A Lion 2018
750ml - Case of 3
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$195.61
The 2018 Soul Of A Lion is an incredible Cabernet Sauvignon, made exclusively from free-run juice, blended with 15%...
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L'aventure Estate Cuvee 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$106.17
The 2018 Estate Cuvee checks 45% Syrah, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Petit Verdot brought up in 90% new French oak....
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Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$148.10
Always a singular, exotic wine, the 2018 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard has an incredible bouquet of crushed stone,...
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Rhys Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard 2018
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$170.53
The 2018 Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard is darker in color and more aromatically dazzling out of the gate than its...
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Rhys Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$170.53
The 2018 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard is dense and brooding. Black cherry, licorice, spice, leather, herbs and...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2008
750ml - Case of 6
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$352.37
The 2008 Monte Bello is in a gorgeous spot right now, as the aromatics are just starting to show the complex nuances...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$206.81
A bright and beautiful Monte Bello with dark and black fruit, such as blackcurrants, as well as walnuts and hints of...
2008 2018 United States California San Luis Obispo Santa Cruz County
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.