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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.49
12 bottles: $28.90
This gorgeous, approachable 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon reveals layer after layer of juicy plum, baking spice and black...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.27 $28.08
12 bottles: $19.76
The Calling Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon is deep plum red in color with vibrant hues. The aroma is rich and complex...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.94
12 bottles: $25.42
Concentrated upon entry, this wine delivers luxurious notes of black currant, plum and black cherry. Finely grained...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
Concentrated upon entry, this wine delivers luxurious notes of black currant, plum and black cherry. Finely grained...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.08
12 bottles: $18.24
Aromas: Plum, black cherry, sandalwood, and tobacco leaf. Flavors: Black fruits, boysenberry, crème de cassis,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.40 $25.68
12 bottles: $18.24
Dark juicy fruits like currant, black cherry and cassis give way to earthy notes of tea and spice. Well integrated...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.80
12 bottles: $22.34
This wine is full bodied with excellent structure yet velvety texture on the palate. It exhibits ripe plums and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $22.93 $25.20
12 bottles: $22.47
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.24 $17.09
12 bottles: $13.18
Dark red with hints of purple. Aromas of ripe plum, cherry and cassis are accented with cola and vanilla.
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $173.09
The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, blended with 5% Petit Verdot, has a deep ruby-purple color and slowly opens to...
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Cabernet Sauvignon Corvina Blend Mencia United States California San Luis Obispo

Corvina grapes are most commonly associated with the Veneto region of Italy, where they have been grown successfully for centuries, and are a vital component of the region's viticultural identity. The Corvina varietal is famed around the world for its inclusion in such fine wines as Amarone and Valpolicella, where it is blended with small quantities of other grape varietals to produce wines of exceptional character and balance. The grapes themselves have a naturally high level of acidity, which often results in an aftertaste of bitter almonds. However, this bitterness is quite a sought for feature of this varietal, as it balances beautifully with the sour cherry notes also associated with the grape. Corvina grapes have a wonderfully potential for aging, and this process mellows the bitterness and acids present in the fruit, resulting in soft, complex and highly admired wines.

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.