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Floral aromas, with blueberries and hints of vanilla that follow through to a medium body with fine tannins and a...
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Cozy up with an approachable red that's anything but boring. This Cabernet Sauvignon boasts comforting aromas of rich...
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Sophisticated layers of wild blackberry, forest and baking spice mingle on the nose with violets, leather and...
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An intriguing bouquet of strawberry, neroli and almond greet the nose. The opening is subtle but quickly crescendos...
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An intriguing bouquet of strawberry, neroli and almond greet the nose. The opening is subtle but quickly crescendos...
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A complete sensory experience, intense aromas of dark and red fruits like marionberry and cherry draw you in and than...
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Our bolder red for cozy nights ahead, with a medium to full body, notes of red berries and a touch of cocoa.
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Elegantly structured, with refined black cherry and currant flavors that are accented by tobacco and spice notes as...
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Generous array of berry fruit with notes of mulberries, blueberries, currants and shiso leaves. It’s juicy and pure...
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Just bottled, the 100% varietal 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon has a juicy, fruit-forward, delicious style as well as notes...
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Aromas of pipe tobacco and black plum lead to flavors of anise, black cherries and dill. This is full bodied but with...
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Browne Family Vineyards Skull & Chain pays tribute to William Bitner Browne, grandfather of proprietor Andrew Browne,...
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Vibrant aromas of raspberries, red cherry, currant and baking spice. This wine is medium bodied with a round palate...
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Aromas of black currant, raspberry and blackberry jam introduce big, jammy flavors. Showcases ripe tannins and...
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Precisely structured, rich yet elegantly firm, this red is generous, with blackberry, dried sage and olive flavors...
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Aromas of sliced strawberries, red cherries and cedar. Medium-bodied with silky tannins and bright acidity. Very...
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Plush and zesty, this medium-bodied version is lively with black cherry, toasty mocha and spice flavors that zip...
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If you like Cabernet dark and rich, this is your sexy beast. Chocolate, dark cherries, tobacco leaf. It continues...
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Rich with red fruit flavor, the complexity and structure of this Cabernet Sauvignon remains delectable at every...
Cabernet Sauvignon Mencia Primitivo United States Washington State
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.
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.
Since it began in the 1820s, wine-production in Washington state has gone from strength to strength, with many of the finest United States wines coming out over the past twenty years hailing from this region. Today, the state is the second largest US producer of wines, behind California, with over forty thousand acres under vine. The state itself is split into two distinct wine regions, separated by the Cascade Range, which casts an important rain shadow over much of the area. As such, the vast majority of vines are grown and cultivated in the dry, arid desert-like area in the eastern half of the state, with the western half producing less than one percent of the state's wines where it is considerably wetter. Washington state is famed for producing many of the most accessible wines of the country, with Merlot and Chardonnay varietal grapes leading the way, and much experimentation with other varietals characterizing the state's produce in the twenty-first century.