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Single-Vineyard Cabernets from Nickel & Nickel: 2006 and 2007

Single-Vineyard Cabernets from Nickel & Nickel: 2006 and 2007

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Fredric Koeppel
Jun 10, 2011
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A number of adjectives thread through the reviews of these single vineyard, 100 percent cabernet sauvignon wines from Nickel & Nickel: dusty, granite-like, shale-like, deep, dense, austere. Such terms indicate a "house style" of cabernet for N&N, where the winemaker is

Darice Spinelli and director of winemaking is Dirk Hampson. This firm, vibrant, broodi…

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