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Cabernet Sauvignon

California Features 

A blind tasting of California Cabernet Sauvignon, including some of the best-sellers in the USA

March 23, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 1356 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a chance to taste 8 Cabernet Sauvignon wines blind, which is always fun. Below are my notes and

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Cabernet Sauvignon
Australia Features Regions TOP STORIES 

Celebrating Cabernet Sauvignon: tasting 10 benchmarks from around the wine world blind

November 28, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 2604 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River

Since 1982, Western Australian winery Cape Mentelle has held an International Cabernet Tasting at the winery. Founder David Hohnen began

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Australia Features Latest 

Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: pitting top examples against international benchmarks

February 23, 2022 jamiegoode 2435 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Clare Valley

The Clare Valley is a north-south running valley some 30 km long and 10 km wide, 130 km north of

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Two from Vasse Felix in Margaret River, Australia

January 24, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 2172 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Margaret River

I was really impressed by this pair of wines. Australia’s Margaret River is an important wine region, and its specialities

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California Features Latest Profiles 

The wines of Château Montelena, Napa, California

November 3, 2021November 7, 2021 jamiegoode 3169 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Napa

Website: https://montelena.com/ Historic Napa winery Chateau Montelena dates back to 1882. This is when Alfred L. Tubbs planted the vineyard

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Smith Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon
California Highlights 

Highlights: Smith-Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Napa Valley

April 29, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 2503 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

This is brilliant. Napa is often knocked for its excess: Cabernet Sauvignon wines made from grapes picked too late, spoofed

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Charla Haasbroek Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Malgas, South Africa

December 20, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 3079 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

Charla Haasbroek is the winemaker at Sijnn in the Cape South Coast region of Malgas. It’s a special place, pioneered

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California Profiles 

TOR: high-end Cabernet from Napa

June 25, 2020 jamiegoode 4423 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

Tor Kenward spent 27 years with Beringer. When he retired in 2001, he set up his own winery, TOR Wines,

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Enfield Wine Co Waterhorse Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

June 13, 2020 Treve Ring 3317 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

Take everything you know of Cali Cab and throw it away. Then taste this graceful wine. From Sonoma County’s tiny

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Features

Domaine Purviti, an exciting new domaine from the southern Rhône
Features Latest Regions Rhone 

Domaine Purviti, an exciting new domaine from the southern Rhône

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 jamiegoode

Website: Domaine Purviti This is a new domaine created four years ago by Ingrid Nueil. Previously she was MD of

New releases from Champagne Ayala, including 2013 La Perle
Champagne Features Latest 

New releases from Champagne Ayala, including 2013 La Perle

June 7, 2023 jamiegoode
Piemonte adventure (3) Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Alba and Bra
Features Italy Latest 

Piemonte adventure (3) Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Alba and Bra

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 jamiegoode
Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (5) tasting the wines
Features Portugal Sponsored content 

Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (5) tasting the wines

June 2, 2023 jamiegoode

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About Us

Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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