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The Hahn family owns more than 1,400 acres of vineyards throughout California’s Monterey County; a portion of that fruit goes into this savory, ripe Cabernet.
Although Cabernet can often be formidably tannic, Ravenswood’s most affordable bottling is juicy and round, its sweet, generous black fruit bound together by just the right amount of tannins.
The name may be ridiculous (Screw Kappa Napa), but the wine’s good—a juicy, easy-drinking Cabernet. SKN is one of many brands owned by wine-industry veteran Don Sebastiani.
Aromatic mint notes and firm black-cherry fruit define this polished Cabernet from a pair of talented entrepreneurial winemakers, David Hayman and Dennis Hill.
This second-label Cabernet from Napa Valley icon Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars (whose 1973 Cabernet won the famous 1976 Paris Tasting) shows the winery’s skills with California’s premier red grape.
BV, as it’s known, produces one of Napa’s benchmark Cabernets, the famous Georges de Latour Private Reserve. They also make this affordable, full-bodied, briary counterpart.
Pozzan, whose grandfather grew Zinfandel grapes near Healdsburg after WWII, buys grapes from Napa and Sonoma growers for appealing wines like this cassis-driven Cabernet.
For this new value-oriented brand, former King Estate winemaker Will Bucklin helps fashion approachable wines like this ebullient, ripely fruity Napa Valley Cabernet.
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