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1997 Dehlinger Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Russian River Valley
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About Dehlinger Winery

Founded in 1973 by Tom Dehlinger, a UC Davis graduate, Dehlinger Winery has a rep for quality not quantity. Production here has topped out at about 7,000 cases per vintage, a figure that has risen steadily since the initial 14 acres were planted in 1975.

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1997 Dehlinger Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Russian River Valley

Producer: Dehlinger Winery
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: California
Region: Sonoma
Appellation: Russian River Valley

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2001

Full ruby color. Enticing aromas of dark berries, dark chocolate, tobacco and spicy oak. Sweet, fat, ripe and generous; offers the pliant ripeness and delicious fruit of the '97 vintage. Finishes with dusty, ripe tannins and thoroughly ripe flavors. A superb vintage for this wine.

89 Points | Wine Spectator

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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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