California Wines
March, 1978
Sam Aaron,co-author of The Joy of Wine: Amazing things have been happening in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys and this excellence has extended southward. The gap is closing between American and French wines. If we peg Chateau Lafitte-Rothschild or Chateau Latour at 100 on a quality index, I would say that, relatively speaking, the better Cabernet Sauvignons of California have now achieved 90. And we're getting closer to 100 with each passing year. The same is true of our better Chardonnays as compar...
