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This well-known AVA has a lot of my high scorers for the 2019 Napa Cabernet classic, the wines exhibiting immense focus, complicated layers of aroma, flavour and texture, and balanced by an nearly balletic grace.
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Oakville 2019: the top-scoring Cabernets
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