Michel-Schlumberger La Cime Cabernet Sauvignon, Dry Creek Valley, USA
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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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Dry Creek Valley wine region
The Dry Creek Valley AVA is in Northern Sonoma County, California, to the west of the Russian river. The valley is generally warm but contains many microclimates, and parts of the AVA are close enough to the coast for the Pacific Ocean to influence the wines. Dry Creek Valley's neighbors are the prestigious AVAs of Russian River Valley, Alexander Valley and Chalk Hill. The Knights and Green valleys a ... more
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Northern Sonoma wine region
The Northern Sonoma AVA is one of California's largest, covering a total area of almost 350,000 acres (142,000ha). Measuring roughly 30 miles (50km) from north to south, it stretches from Sebastopol and Santa Rosa right up to the border with Mendocino County. Only marginally smaller from east to west, it falls just short of spanning the distance from ... more