Fine Wine > USA > $50-100

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"This isn’t a long-term ager, but do give it about a year in the bottle to let all of its parts meld together. Right now, it’s tight and oaky. It features intense, bright pineapple, green apple and orange flavors, with sweet barrel influences and a tenuous streak of acidity."

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" This may be our best vintage of Chardonnay yet" - Hirsch Vineyards Hirsch strives to bring the distinctiveness of the land to the bottle as the minerality is prominent in this amazing Chardonnay followed by the remarkable aromas of fruit and oak. ..

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"The 2010 Pinot Noir Estate is an exceptionally elegant wine. Dried cherries, plums, exotic spices, mint and crushed flowers waft from the glass, with plenty of lift from the use of 50% whole clusters. There is a lot of personality here... The 2010 is striking from start to finish..."

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The creation of Super Bowl-winning coach, Dick Vermeil and his winemaker Paul Smith, the 2008 vintage of the Jean Louis Vermeil Cabernet Sauvignon is a mouth-filling, plush Bordeaux style blend. Concentrated, with smooth tannins, it gives off waves of black cherry aromas and licorice flavors, well..

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Possibly California's most consistent producer of great Cabernet, the Wagner family are Napa pioneers. Featuring ripe blackberry flavors with undertones of mocha and toasted oak. A classy, balanced wine that tastes delicious when bottled, but can improve with age.

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"The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) emerges from the glass with dark fruit, crushed flowers, licorice and tobacco. There is plenty of character and personality in the glass.... this is an excellent wine, and will deliver plenty of enjoyment, especially if it is..

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Brilliant and dark-hued, this 2010 de Villiers Vineyard Pinot Noir effuses playful, bright aromas of blackberry, licorice, mineral and just a hint of sweet oak. The wine is deep and smooth, with black cherry, spice and persistent cherry. Fine grained tannins offer a graceful structure and..

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"The 2009 Pinot Noir Rice-Spivak Vineyard emerges from the glass with dark red cherries, flowers, mint, licorice and minerals. This is a tightly wound, more focused Pinot than the Emmaline Ann. Firm yet well-integrated tannins and bright acidity give the wine its focus and drive. Ross Cobb used..