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Red
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This is an elegant wine with aromas of black cherry, cassis, plum, vanilla, oak and a hint of chocolate. In the glass...
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Red
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This Cabernet is set each vintage as a Bordeaux blend, with soft and silky tannins and a plush, full mouth-feel...
Red
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Big blast of cedar, cigar box, and blackberry aromas with hints of olive. Jam-packed flavors of plum, black olive,...
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This wine is rich, concentrated with aromas of blackberry, mulberry, clove and violet on the nose. The mid palate has...
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Plush, caressing style, with creamed boysenberry and blackberry flavors liberally laced with mocha and singed...
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Red
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I loved the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, and readers looking for a great Napa Valley Cabernet under $100 shouldn't...
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Red
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The 2022 vintage shows characteristics that are rich and sophisticated on the nose with currant, black cherry, cedar...
Red
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Plump and generous, with jammy cherry and raspberry flavors laced with black pepper and briar patch accents. Ends...
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Red
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Aromas of wet stone, gravel and blackcurrant. Full-bodied with fine, velvety tannins. Juicy, bright and fresh. Lovely...
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Red
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Packed and broad in feel, with a ganache note draped over black currant, blackberry and steeped cherry. Licorice root...
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Red
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Lush and gratifying in feel, this delivers waves of creamy plum, blackberry and boysenberry compote, along with...
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Red
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A fresh and clean Napa cabernet with blackcurrants and hints of fresh herbs, such as parsley and thyme....
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Red
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The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Grown is a firm, classically built wine that is going to need a few years to come...
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Red
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Bottle: $19.94
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Enticing strawberry and red-plum aromas lead to a combination of wild berry, oak leaves and cranberry flavors on a...
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Red
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Bottle: $12.81 $13.48
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This Cabernet Sauvignon is a soft, smooth wine with well-integrated oak. Flavors of dark fruit, black cherry, clove,...
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Red
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A classic wine icon for thirty vintages – one of America’s favorite Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignons.
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Red
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Blackcurrants, black and green olives, rosemary and some crushed walnuts on the nose. Fresh and refined, with a...
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Lively aromas lift from the glass and are highlighted with handfuls of black cherry, licorice, burnt caramel and...
Red
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Beautifully balanced, with attractive aromas of black fruit and spice, this smooth, ready to drink Cabernet is made...
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Blackberry, black-olive and crushed-stone aromas. Graphite, too. Full-bodied with density and depth. Solid structure...
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Cabernet Sauvignon Mencia Zinfandel United States California 375ml

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.

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.