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Colgin Syrah IX Estate 2012
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$348.11
The wine that probably gets ignored, but shouldn’t be, is their small production of 350-400 cases of Syrah from...
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Continuum Proprietary Red Blend 2016
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$627.58
Super aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants and blueberries. Hints of fresh herbs and tobacco. Iron and ink....
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Continuum Proprietary Red Blend 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$271.06
Super aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants and blueberries. Hints of fresh herbs and tobacco. Iron and ink....
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Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Maya 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$512.95
Lush and warm in feel, with caressing cassis, plum sauce and cherry puree flavors, infused with subtle smoldering...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$662.31
Deep garnet colored, the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Lotus Vineyard (containing 7% Petit Verdot) offers up a gorgeous...
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Daou Vineyards Red Blend Soul Of A Lion 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$178.95
Also bottled the week before this tasting, the 2016 Soul of a Lion includes more Cabernet Sauvignon than the 2014 and...
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Dominus Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$279.26
Checking in as a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc that hit 14.3% alcohol,...
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Dominus Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$315.73
A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Franc aged in 40% new oak, the 2016 Proprietary...
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Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$141.05
Wiry, opinionated and something of a recluse, Randy Dunn has a reputation for making sleek, powerfully structured,...
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Harlan Estate Red 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$1540.27
The 2012 Harlan Estate is reminiscent of their 2002. Probably a candidate for perfection with another 4-5 years of...
2012 United States California New York
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.
New York state has a wine history which stretches back to the mid-17th century, when Dutch settlers first began cultivating grape vines in the Hudson Valley. Since then, the wine industry of New York has grown from strength to strength, mixing the old with the new as wineries continue to experiment with modern techniques alongside their traditional heritage. Indeed, certain wineries in New York state hold a claim to being amongst the oldest and most well established in the New World, with at least one dating back over three hundred and fifty years. New York state is responsible for a relatively small range of grape varietals, due to its cooler, damper climate, but many varietals such as Riesling and Seyval Blanc thrive in such conditions and produce wines a of singular quality.