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Old-School California Cabernet, No. XVI: Trefethen

Old-School California Cabernet, No. XVI: Trefethen

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Fredric Koeppel
Oct 13, 2011
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This series looks at cabernet sauvignon wines produced by wineries that began production in 1980 or before.

Many years ago, Warren Winiarski, owner and winemaker at Stags Leap Wine Cellars, coined the phrase "iron fist in a velvet glove" to characterize cabernet sauvignon wines made in the Napa Valley. Nowadays, he might say "velvet fist in a velveteen g…

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