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2009 Morlet Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Mon Chevalier Knights Valley
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2009 Morlet Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Mon Chevalier Knights Valley

Producer: Morlet Family Vineyards
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: California
Region: Sonoma
Appellation: Knights Valley

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94(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2012

(blended with 8% cabernet franc, 3% merlot, 2% malbec and 1% petit verdot):  Bright red-ruby.  Captivating floral lift to the aromas and flavors of cassis, black cherry, blueberry and graphite.  A dead ringer for a Medoc wine, showing superb chewy depth and solid tannic spine but a bit less mid-palate sweetness today than the Coeur de Vallee.  But these tannins are quite firm and the finish boasts terrific lift.  Morlet cites Peter Michael's Les Pavots and Ducru-Beaucaillou as the inspirations for this wine.

95 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon built its reputation on Bordeaux's Left Bank. Here, in the district of Medoc, the varietal is the key component of blended wines that also may include some Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and even Malbec and Petit Verdot. Moving slightly south, Cabernet Sauvignon meets Merlot in roughly equal proportions in the red wines of Graves. In both of these Bordeaux regions, the top bottles...
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