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Randall Murray: These red wines offer variety of flavor
Randall Murray
Randall Murray is a Gainesville-area resident. Have a question about wine? He can be contacted at murrwine@aol.com. His column publishes monthly.
For decades the renowned grape of Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, produced the most popular red wine in the world ... or at least in this country. When Napa Valley — and subsequently California — burst forth in the mid-1970s as world-class wine country, Cabernet led the pack. The wines made from this grape were mouth-filling, bold, rich, tannic and needed a few years in the bottle before becoming tame enough for most wine drinkers of the time.