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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $82.65
Aromas of blackcurrants, iodine, oyster shell, and dark chocolate. Medium- to full-bodied with polished fine tannins...
JS
94
WA
92
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $126.12 $132.76
6 bottles: $120.00
Offers notes of plum preserves and cherry clafoutis that glide through, with sweet toast around the edges. The soft,...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $119.48 $132.76
Frankly ripe, with a wave of jammy plum and blackberry preserves flowing through, laced with sweet toast and...
WS
88
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $200.84 $223.16
Plush, caressing style, with creamed boysenberry and blackberry flavors liberally laced with mocha and singed...
WS
92
White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $167.94
6 bottles: $164.58
Nose: Bright gold in color and incredibly aromatic, the ripeness of the vintage is most pronounced initially; melon,...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $100.44 $111.60
Seductive oak spices and a plush mouthfeel come with abundant red and black fruits in this full-bodied, appropriately...
WE
94
JS
93
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $151.16
6 bottles: $140.00
The 2021 vintage has delivered an elegant, age-worthy and invitingly fragrant expression of Napa Valley Cabernet...
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $131.16
6 bottles: $113.60
Packed and broad in feel, with a ganache note draped over black currant, blackberry and steeped cherry. Licorice root...
WS
94
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $41.40
6 bottles: $40.57
Velvety in texture and full in body, this moderately tannic wine is packed with milk chocolate, black cherries and...
WE
90
Rapid Ship
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $74.94
This has a brambly edge to the core of medium-weight blackberry and black cherry compote flavors, while singed cedar...
WS
88
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $113.20 $119.16
6 bottles: $108.00
Powerful and rich-tasting, this wine from Joseph Wagner is velvety in texture and spicy in aroma. It drips with...
WE
91
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $73.80
6 bottles: $72.32
The dark brooding aromatics from this wine come from one of the best vintages mother nature has given Napa Valley...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $1299.94 $1499.94
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Old Sparky is all Cabernet Sauvignon that's 50% from the D2...
JD
99
WA
98
Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $109.39
6 bottles: $107.20
There are incredible aromatics on this Cabernet. Dusted summer blackberries and creme de cassis. Delicate fine-tuned...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $994.53
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $124.02
The 2021 Geyserville hits the palate with a burst of dark red/purplish fruit, sweet spice, lavender, chocolate, dried...
VM
94
WS
93
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Long-term Pre-Arrival
Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $131.94
The 2021 Lytton Springs is fabulous. Bright and vibrant to its core, the 2021 impresses with its poise. Readers will...
VM
95
WNR
93

2021 United States California 1.5Ltr 5.0Ltr

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.