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Rated 95 - The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon, which used to be a proprietary blend and had a somewhat rustic,...
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Rated 91 - This is a complex, layered and elegantly conceived wine. It's enjoyable now in its juicy waves of red...
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Rated 91 - Moving toward their top-of-the-line proprietary reds, Kendall-Jackson’s 2012 Meritage Grand Reserve is...
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Rated 92 - A gorgeous wine for drinking now and over the next 5-7 years is the 2012 Zinfandel Sloth. Unfortunately,...
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Rated 98 - The 2012s made from Bordeaux varietals include their flagship wine, the 2012 Proprietary Red Les Pavots, a...
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Rated 90 - This is a complex and introverted vineyard-designate. Sour cherry, pomegranate and rhubarb surround a...
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Rated 90 - Plush and ripe, but with a solid backbone of acidity and tannins. Aromas of smoky, briary black raspberry...
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Altagracia, named after Bart Araujo’s grandmother, is a Bordeaux-style blend vinified in the same manner as the...
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To produce the estate's flagship wine, three quarters of the 38-acre Eisele Vineyard ?is dedicated to Cabernet...
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Rated 99 - Aromas of terracotta, clay and plum. Kiln too. Full-bodied with super freshness and balance that then...
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Rated 98 - This is so muscular and juicy with fascinating aromas of hot asphalt, tea leaf, autumn leaf, fresh leather...
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Rated 97 - Lots of hot stone and slate on the nose with flowers. Dark berries too. Full body, dense mouthfeel. It...
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Rated 98 - From an 11-acre vineyard just north of the Oakville corridor, the 2012 St. Eden shows gorgeous, cedary...
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2012 United States California

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.