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This wine has all its ducks in a row and if you like big full-bodied red wines, this one will march right in and steal your heart away.  This winery flies under the radar and over the years has made quite a reputation for producing very specific style wines.  Vintage after vintage they keep putting [...]

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This wine hails from the expansive all encompassing North Coast AVA which is huge and contains fruit being produced in areas that could also be considered Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma and Lake Counties. A great many wineries from this AVA do not present as consistent of an effort as this winery did with this vintage. This [...]

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It was such a shame to have consumed this wine only three years after it went into the barrel. You can’t taste the vines from the trees, so often this is the unpleasant plight of wine reviewers. Oh there is plenty of fruit here and somewhere around 2014 -2015 this wine will be approaching its [...]

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This story begins in the mid 16thcentury at Sant Sadurní d’Anoia in Penedès, Spain. The year is 1551 and the Codorníu family, the world’s largest producer of bottle-fermented sparkling wine begins making Cava. Fast-forward a hundred years, and Anna de Codorníu inherits the family winery and changes its name by marrying Miguel Raventós. The name [...]

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I have always been a fan of Mendocino wines going back to the early eighties. They were always on the forefront of sustainable organic farming. This wine is a good representation of the terroir and represents the variety well. The clean flavors exhibit the purity of the fruit and hands off approach to winemaking. As [...]

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This is a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from a vineyard that produces great fruit year after year. It probably helps the overall package that this 210 acre vineyard has six different clones grown on 35 distinctly different blocks. The 9% Petite Sirah blended into this wine adds a bit of oomph and complexity. The rich [...]

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