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Rated 94 - The 2018 Luke is 56% Graciano and 44% Grenache from Shake Ridge. Deep, powerful and structured, the 2018...
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Rated 94 - More Mourvèdre-dominated, the 2020 Casual Encounters is a blend of 58% Mourvèdre, 34% Syrah, and 8%...
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Rated 94 - The 2020 Bolt Cutter is darkly inviting with a spicy blend of black currants, menthol and grilled herbs....
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Rated 97 - The Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated cuvée is the 2017 El Desafio De Jonata, which includes 95% Cabernet...
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Rated 97 - 95-97 - Two thirds Merlot and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc, the 2018...
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Rated 94 - Always a kitchen sink blend, the 2017 Todos checks in as 44% Syrah, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petite...
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• Practicing Organic. • Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. • Los Alamos Valley, Los Olivos District & Happy Canyon...
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Rated 100 - Lastly, and a perfect wine if there ever was one, the 2020 No 14 Cumulus Vineyard comes all from the...
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Rated 92 - The 2022 La Cuadrilla is a fabulous entry-level wine. Crushed flowers, sweet red berry fruit, spice,...
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Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petite Verdot, and Malbec. Aged for 18 months in used French oak.
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Rated 90 - The 2017 Claret is a new Merlot-based wine. Bright red fruit, crushed flowers and dried herbs shape this...
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Rated 97 - The 2018 Eaba is another wine from Jim that puts its foot firmly on the ripeness pedal and offers a...
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Rated 94 - Plump and potent, yet polished, with vivid smoky game and blueberry aromas that lead to deeply layered...
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Red Blend United States California Santa Barbara

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.

Santa Barbara is home to many of California's most sought after wines, with a powerful reputation for superbly crafted, old world style big, flavorful and complex red wines. The white wine industry in the region is growing, too, with many wineries within Santa Barbara successfully experimenting with several classic white wine grape varietals. As in much of California, Santa Barbara benefits from the blazing west coast sunshine, coupled with cooling Pacific Ocean breezes and fogs, which help to temper the grapes and slow the ripening process, thus ensuring more flavor and aroma in the resulting wines. Although Santa Barbara is a relatively young wine region, it is home to many wineries who are extremely dedicated when it comes to demonstrating just how good their terroir is, and how characterful their region's wines can be.