Nature has not been especially kind to California over the last decade. Eight straight years of drought. Heartwrenching wildfires. A devastating earthquake. And yet, as counter-intuitive as it might seem, some of the most impressive and collectible California Cabernets have been made during this time – at least among the very top estates.
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