A Hot Year For Napa Cabernet

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Alphabetical Guide to California Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2002s are dazzling but expensive

James Laube
Issue: November 15, 2005

With the cooler, red wine days of fall upon us, and winter just around the corner, the California Cabernet market is heating up. The tremendous wines of 2002 are arriving now and, as usual, the center of action is Napa Valley, which delivers a host of monumental, ageworthy reds.

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