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  • noun superior Bordeaux type of red wine

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Examples

  • I think the Estancia Cabernet is a great wine and the shop I buy it at sells it for under $10.

    Fred Franzia and American wine under $10 | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • This outstanding wine has long been the standard by which great Chilean Cabernet is measured.

    Overcoming the Lettie Teague 2010

  • This plush, plummy Cabernet from the stellar 2007 vintage is an easy-drinking pleasure.

    Overcoming the Lettie Teague 2010

  • And all of this relates to food passions, too: At a restaurant where the owner's passion is fish, we wouldn't usually expect to find great value in American Cabernet Sauvignon.

    10 Ways to Save Money Ordering 2009

  • Venge, who also produces Calistoga Ranch's private-label Cabernet, speeds up the typical lengthy blending process by offering just three varietals - a Stagecoach Cabernet and Syrah as well as a Merlot from his father's Saddleback vineyard.

    SFGate: Top News Stories sadler@sfchronicle.com (Sarah Adler 2011

  • From Lenn Thompson: Cornerstone Cellars 2004 Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

    What We Drank 2009

  • From Lenn Thompson: Cornerstone Cellars 2004 Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

    The New York Cork Report: 2009

  • If the Cabernet were a $100 bottle from Napa Valley, no doubt elegant or sleek would be more along the lines of what the winemaker was hoping for.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • If the Cabernet were a $100 bottle from Napa Valley, no doubt elegant or sleek would be more along the lines of what the winemaker was hoping for.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • "Would my Cabernet Sauvignon still be called Cabernet Sauvignon?" asks Carole Meredith, a professor in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a vineyard owner.

    Perfecting Pinot 2007

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