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The wine country that s outperforming Napa in cabernet sauvignon One cabernet sauvignon blind-tasting forced a re-evaluation for our wine expert There s a new quality leader for Cabernet Sauvignon I recently attended a webinar on Australian cabernet sauvignon that kicked off with a blind tasting of five cabernet sauvignon big-hitters from around the world: Ch. Pichon Baron 2015 (Pauillac, Bordeaux), Don Melchor 2017 (Chile), Ch. Montelena Winery ‘Estate Bottling’ 2016 (Napa), Isole è Olena Collezione Privata 2015 (Tuscany) and Vilafonte Series C 2018 (Stellenbosch). I’m not always a big fan of blind tasting, a peculiar art, but it does have its uses. Blind tasting can be very good for forging reputations and for helping tasters take a fresh perspective on a set of wines that might come with some historical baggage. It’s blind tastings against champagne that have helped English sparkling wines to rise triumphant. ....
Decanter In the northeast corner of France, the Alsace region is something of a hidden treasure for white wine lovers. Whether looking for a refreshing aperitif, a rich and complex sweet wine or something in between, Alsace offers fine and definitive expressions across the board – as evidenced by the many award winners at the Decanter World Wine Awards year after year. Aromatic grape varieties, namely Alsace’s ‘noble’ Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Muscat, are the region’s specialty. ‘Riesling in Alsace is great – it’s very terroir-driven,’ said Ronan Sayburn MS, Regional Chair for Alsace at DWWA 2020. ‘In Alsace you have a lot of soil types, so the expressions of Riesling in Alsace are fantastic.’ ....