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Old-School California Cabernets X & XI: Grgich Hills and Montelena

Old-School California Cabernets X & XI: Grgich Hills and Montelena

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Fredric Koeppel
Feb 18, 2011
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It's about time I got back to this series.

If your idea of a great cabernet sauvignon is an opulent, vanilla-laced, super-ripe fruit bomb, you might as well stop reading this post and go back to Popular Mechanics or The Robb Report. This post is about balance and elegance, about faithfulness to the grape, about deftness, purity and intensity. ___________…

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