{"id":1915,"date":"2013-07-16T22:17:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T22:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2013-07-16T22:17:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T22:17:29","slug":"dons-july-collectors-series-top-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-july-collectors-series-top-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019s July Collector\u2019s Series Top Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1937\" alt=\"Collectors July\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Collectors-July-300x274.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Collectors-July-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Collectors-July.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>California wines earn both of my Top Picks this month beginning with Pietra Santa\u2019s 2006 Signature Collection Cabernet Sauvignon, a packed, powerful, yet charming Cabernet Sauvignon with nearly seven years of bottle age.\u00a0 Cabernet doesn\u2019t get much better than Pietra Santa\u2019s Signature Collection at less than $100.00 a bottle.\u00a0 My second Top Pick goes to Girard\u2019s beautiful 2010 Russian River Chardonnay.<\/p>\n<p>For my taste, this Chardonnay offers the ideal combination of fruit, butter, spice, and everything else that\u2019s nice about California Chardonnay.\u00a0 In short, Girard\u2019s Russian River Chardonnay comes across as impeccably balanced.\u00a0 However, I must confess that had it been a different month, I could easily have chosen Girard\u2019s 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon as my second Top Pick.\u00a0 This youthful Napa Cabernet from a truly great vintage appears to have many great years of drinking pleasure ahead of it.<\/p>\n<p><i>A votre sant\u00e9<\/i>.<br 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