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Search Rank 5356
Over all vintages, this was the
5356th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year.
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Cabernet Sauvignon (often shortened to 'Cab Sav' or even just 'Cab') is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. The product of a natural crossing of key Bordeaux grape varieties Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon's DNA was profiled only as recently as 1997, by researchers in California. Most wine authorities agree that the crossing happened only in the past few centuries, making the variety's current fame all the more impressive. From its origins around the Medoc, the vine h ... more
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Howell Mountain wine region
The Napa Valley's Howell Mountain AVA was the very first Napa sub-region to be officially recognized as an AVA, in January 1984. The Napa Valley AVA was created in 1981, the second in America's wine history (Missouri's Augusta was the first). Interestingly, Italy was introducing its DOCG tier at a similar time, starting in 1980 with Barolo and Brunello; just like these two top-flight Italian wine zones, Howell Mountain is a highly regarded hilltop vineyard area producing some of its country's very finest red wines.
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Napa Valley wine region
California’s Napa Valley wine region is located immediately north of San Pablo Bay, in the north-eastern corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. Formed by the Napa river as it flows between the Vacas Mountains (to the east) and the Mayacamas (to the west), the valley runs roughly north-west to south-east for approximately 35 miles (57km). The scenic 40-minute drive between Napa and Calistoga passes through some of the most valuable viticultural real estate on Earth.
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