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Dry Creek Vineyard

Cabernet Sauvignon · Dry Creek Valley, US

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45reviews
87median pts
$20median price
2011 was the first vintage for the winery's new winemaker, Tim Bell, who surely had his hands full in a challenging year. The result is impressive, a medium-bodied, brambly taste of cassis and thyme that offers nice minerality and balance and finishes in black tea. || I have seldom tasted a Dry Creek Valley Cabernet (the appellation, not the winery) that didn't have a woolly edge to it. This wine is an excellent example. It's briary, with pushy tannins and the succulent flavor of wild blackberries. Oak adds a sheen…

Source: Wine Enthusiast

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