As recently as 2000, wine reference books talked about the "vegetative" properties of cabernet sauvignon and merlot from the Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County. True, these grapes were sometimes planted in too-cool sites or overcropped, so they didn’t ripen properly. To make matters more confusing, the Santa Ynez Valley is more than 25 miles long, with significant temperature variations from west to east. Is it a warm appellation or a cool one? The answer: It’s both.
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