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Malibu

Cabernet Sauvignon-Cabernet Franc · California, US

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12reviews
82median pts
$35median price
Malibu is considerably colder than Napa Valley, at least during the growing season, and this wine, from a cool vintage, shows high acidity and a minty, green edge. Drink now. || Pours light in color for a Bordeaux red, and the wine itself is delicate and elegant, without the density of, say, Napa. Yet it's full of fruity flavor, rich in black cherries, and bone dry. || Even in the cool Santa Monica Mountains of Malibu the heat waves of this vintage struck, and this wine suffered. It has Porty, raisiny aromas and a …

Sources: Wine Enthusiast

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