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Red
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Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Declaration has intense blackcurrant cordial, blueberry pie...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.91
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $123.19
6 bottles: $122.40
The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is a powerful and dense in the glass. Sweet tobacco, menthol, licorice and...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $152.84
Altagracia, named after Bart Araujo’s grandmother, is a Bordeaux-style blend vinified in the same manner as the...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $416.19
Young and intense, with pure, rich flavors of dark berry, gravelly earth, cedary oak and savory herbs. Rustic and...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $417.78
Young and intense, with pure, rich flavors of dark berry, gravelly earth, cedary oak and savory herbs. Rustic and...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $115.18
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $227.62
Loads of dark tobacco aromas with blackcurrants and black olives. Boysenberries, too. Full to medium body, ultra-fine...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $133.73
Ripe plum fruit is joined by an edge of smoke on the nose. The fact that just half of the oak is new allows the fruit...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $135.53
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $332.45
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $612.87
Deep garnet colored, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Ark Vineyard comes charging out of the gate with amazingly intense...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $539.44
Medium garnet-purple colored, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Kayli Morgan Vineyard simply sings of potpourri, spice cake...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $351.66
Lastly, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Vin State Lane Vineyard is one of the gems in the vintage. I continue to...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $248.51
Lail’s 2014 J. Daniel Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep garnet-black color. It comes barreling out of the glass...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $471.75
The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder is beautifully complete, with a layered, multi-dimensional, elegant profile...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $520.81
The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain has a similar dense bluish/purple color to the rim. It comes across as...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $149.95
Aromas of blackcurrant, mushroom, wet earth and bark follow through to a full body, chewy tannins and a stone, berry,...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $163.74
Oak plays a strong role in this wine's aroma and flavor. The core is dense and pleasantly earthy to the point of...
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Red
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $305.61
Produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and sporting a deep garnet-purple color, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon...
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Albarino Cabernet Sauvignon Mencia 2014 United States California 750ml

The pale skinned grapes of the Albarino varietal have been grown in and around Spain and Portugal for almost a thousand years, where they are highly enjoyed and prized by the locals for their distinctive aroma, and sharp, tart acidity levels. Over the past century, their influence has spread to the New World, and many vineyards keen to emulate the white wines of Spain have had considerable success with this varietal. The light bodied wines which are produced from the Albarino grapes have wonderfully aromatic properties, and carry ripe flavors of soft summer fruits, apricot and peach, with a mild and pleasantly bitter after taste brought on by their thick skins. Because of their acidic nature, they are a fantastic match for many Spanish foods, and are best served chilled on a hot day.

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.