Retrospective: 1998 California Cabernets

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Joseph Phelps Insignia and Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard were two of the rare bright points in California's difficult 1998 vintage.

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For more than 25 years, senior editor James Laube has been reviewing and writing about California Cabernets for Wine Spectator. Each year, he conducts blind retrospective tastings of older vintages. In late 2008, he tasted wines from 1998.

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