'97 Ironstone Reserve Cab Sierra Foothills

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Woodman, you might know better than me on the geographical appelation issue. I've never seen an Ironstone Reserve, long vertical black background with raised gold lettering narrow front label. The rear label states, "The Reserve Wines from Ironstone Vineyards are personally hand selected from our top vineyard sites by Director of Winemaking, Steve Millier. This 1997 Sierra Foothills Cabernet Sauvignon was aged in small American and French oak barrels for 24 months with an additional 12 months of bottle aging before release....." Bottled 9-9-99. No mention of California anywhere on the bottle except the small address of Murphy's, CA. I've never been impressed with Ironstone wines except their Cab Franc, QPR fav. and when the wine store owner "forced me to taste this wine" I became impressed.

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