This famous AVA has many of my top scorers for the 2019 Napa Cabernet vintage, the wines showing immense concentration, complex layers of aroma, flavour and texture, and balanced by an almost balletic grace.
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Napa Cabernet 2019 – individual analysis by AVA:
Oakville 2019: the top-scoring Cabernets
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