Cabernet Sauvignon is often the wine lover’s favorite wine, and Napa Valley is America’s most famous region for growing Cabernet Sauvignon, but excellent wines are also grown elsewhere. Paso Robles, especially, has come to the fore as reflected in the jaw-dropping $1 billion sale of Daou Vineyards earlier this year. And outstanding mountain wines are produced in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We’ve listed below several of the best Cabs we’ve tasted over the past year. For more on the best wines tasted in 2024 and recommendations of wines as Holiday gifts, go to our just released 2024 Holiday Guide available free on our IWR home page.
Beauregard Vineyards is located in the small Santa Cruz Mountain community of Bonny Doon, named after The Banks O’Doon written by Scottish poet Robert Burns. The Beauregard Ranch Vineyard sits at 1700-1850’ above sea level on a slope exposed to the Pacific Ocean. It dates from the 1880s when it was first planted by Fritz Quistorf who was married to a relation of Robert Burns. The Beauregard family began farming it in 1945, but they didn’t produce their own wines until Ryan Beauregard (shown here) began doing so until 1999. The Beauregard Ranch Vineyard provides the fruit for the Cabernet Sauvignon reviewed here. A decade later, the family purchased the Bonny Doon winery and tasting room from Randall Grahm.
Beauregard 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beauregard Ranch Vineyard Ben Lomond Mountain Santa Cruz Mountains ($80) 93 Dark ruby red. Bouquet reveals dark cassis with French oak accents. The very fresh palate has a silky texture and intense black currant flavors with vivacious acidity. Firm, ripe and round tannins. Watch the Beauregard web site for the release of the reserve version of this wine. 15.2% alc.
Cathy Corison makes some of the Napa Valley’s most elegant and refined Cabernet Sauvignons. Cathy caught the wine “bug” as an undergraduate and moved to Northern California to learn winemaking. In 1978, she received her MS in Enology from UC Davis, following in the footsteps of earlier female students like Zelma Long (1970), Merry Edwards (1973), and MaryAnn Graf (1965), who was the first female winemaker to graduate from Davis. The first Corison Cabernet Sauvignon made from the Napa Valley purchased grapes appeared in 1987, but it wasn’t until 1995 that she purchased her first vineyard (Kronos). The Corison vineyards are meticulously and naturally cultivated. They’re farmed using organic practices, cover crops, and essentially no irrigation. Cathy’s winemaking is similarly natural and non-interventionist. The result of all this careful work in the vineyard and the winery is wines that are wonderfully refined, restrained and delicious. We only tasted one Corison Cabernet Sauvignon for this article. But we’ve tasted earlier vintages of her single vineyard wines—Kronos and Sunbasket—before and gave them extremely positive reviews. The 2018 vintages of the Kronos and Sunbasket cabs are still available in magnum. To purchase the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon reviewed here, magnums of the single vineyard Kronos and Sunbasket Cabernets, or other special Library Wines, go to https://www.corison.com and click on “purchase”.
Corison 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon St Helena Napa Valley ($125) 94 Opaque ruby with a liqueur-like nose of black raspberry, cassis, cedar and earth. A complex, balanced medium-plus weight palate with dense flavors, sweet round tannins and a persistent finish. Matured 20 months in 50% new French oak. 13.6% alc. Corison 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard St. Helena Napa Valley 97 The most profound and elegant of the Corison Cabernet Sauvignons, the Kronos Vineyard wine is made from very low yielding, gnarly, 50-year-old vines. It offers a fine, dark red berry and spicy perfume, a firm and beautifully structured, layered palate, and a very rich, long palate. This wine won’t be released until next spring, and it could clearly benefit from more time in bottle, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying it immensely. The Kronos vineyard was planted in 1971 on St. George rootstock, yielding just 1.25 tons/acre. Corison 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Sunbasket Vineyard St. Helena Napa Valley 95 Quite different from the Kronos Cabernet, the Sunbasket offers a soft, floral and sandalwood spice bouquet and a dense, still somewhat reticent, firm, almost crisp palate. Tannins are present but not harsh. A year in the cellar should let this wine evolve in a spectacular fashion. André Tchelistcheff, who originally planted this vineyard in the early 1950’s, referred to this exceptionally sunny parcel as a “sun basket”; hence the name of this vineyard.
Daou Vineyards made history earlier this year when the Daou brothers sold their vineyards and winery to Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates for the jaw-dropping sum of $1 billion. Fortunately, Daniel Daou (shown here) stays on as winemaker. Their story is by now well known—born in Lebanon, raised in France, educated at UC San Diego, founded a highly successful tech company, and then followed their dream of making world class wine. The Daou vineyard is located on what is now called Daou Mountain, which rises to 2200’ elevation with the calcareous soils of the Adelaida District. At Daou, exceptional terroir is combined with meticulous vineyard management and winemaking. The vineyards are planted at high density and mostly dry farmed. The result is small clusters with small berries giving low yields. In the winery, only free run juice is used for the estate and reserve wines; fermenting is done with a strain of yeast (now distributed by Enartis in 35 countries) created by Daniel from the vineyard; especially careful attention is given to cooperage for aging, including a bois rosé barrel made of oak from old trees cured for five years (two years is the norm in the industry).
Daou 2021 Micho Paso Robles ($85) 93 This Merlot lead blend opens with an alluring nose of dark cherry and black currant complemented by underbrush and mountain herbs. There’s rich fruit and hints of cedar, mocha and minerals with a touch of rusticity on a structured but supple palate with lively freshness and firm, round tannins, finishing long and flavorful. Will benefit from aging but relatively accessible now. A blend of 54% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Cabernet Franc aged 21 months in 80% new French oak. 14.5% alc. Daou 2021 Soul of a Lion Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles Adelaida District ($150) 97 The Bordeaux-like Soul of a Lion offers a melange of dark fruit, violets, baking spice and autumnal herbs on the nose. The palate is rich and utterly mouth filling with a sense of purity and perfumed fruit, slate like minerals, and integrated acidity. Gorgeous, long finish. A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petit Verdot aged 22 months in all new French oak. 14.9% alc.Patrimony (Daou) 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles Adelaida District ($275) 97 More red fruited than earlier vintages we’ve tasted of the Patrimony Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2021 vintage is ethereal with its floral scents and black cherry fruit accompanied by notes of spice and cigar box. The full-bodied palate is silky in texture with rich breadth and perfectly proportioned acidity leading to a very long symmetrical finish. It shows an overall sense of refinement. This wine is youthful and is much more expressive if decanted well in advance. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 30 months in all new French oak. 14.9% alc.
House Family Vineyard is a family operation founded by Dave House in 1998. It is located on the East side of the Santa Cruz mountains in Saratoga. House Family has 10 acres of estate vines planted in 1998 and 2004. Jim Cargill (shown here with vineyard manager Jonathan) took over winemaking from Mount Eden winemaker Jeffrey Patterson in 2009. House initially sold its grapes to Mount Eden but by 2010 began producing and selling their wine. House is known for its Cabernet Sauvignon.
House Family Vineyard 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains 93 The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon is fruit forward with aromas plum and black currant. On the palate it reveals red fruit and a note of brambles. Nicely balanced with good structure and a persistent finish. An age worthy wine. 13.8% alc. House Family Vineyard 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains 94 After a very wet winter and a late bud break, 2019 was a big vintage in terms of production. The bouquet shows black raspberry fruit with a black tea note. The palate is also dark fruited with light gripping tannins and excellent balance, finishing with persistence.
Flora Springs 2021 Trilogy Napa Valley ($100) 95 The 2021 Trilogy is a refined, polished Napa Cabernet Sauvignon blend. A bouquet of black currant with hints of leather and pencil shavings leads to a superbly balanced palate with round firm tannins and a fine, very long finish. A blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petit Verdot and 5% Malbec matured 18 months in 80% French and 20% American oak. 14.2% alc.
Kathryn Kennedy Winery With her Stanford diploma in hand and inspired by a bottle of Martin Ray Cabernet Sauvignon from the 1950s, Kathryn Kennedy planted her 7 acre Saratoga vineyard (now surrounded by housing developments on the inland side of the Santa Cruz Mountains) to own rooted Clone #8 cuttings from the David Bruce Vineyards in 1973. She established her tiny winery in 1979, producing only Estate Cabernet Sauvignon until 1988. Today, her son Marty Mathis (shown here) continues the commitment to growing and making world class sustainable wines. The vineyard was certified organic in 2007. Each vintage is vinified in small lots and aged in 90% French oak. We tasted his Cabernets at the Santa Cruz Mountains tasting held at the old Paul Masson winery in the hills above Saratoga in spring of this year. The winery also offers a Library Pack of three older vintages of the estate Cabernet Sauvignon.
Kathryn Kennedy 2021 Small Lot Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains ($55) 93 Sourced from multiple vineyards, the Small Lot Cabernet Sauvignon has a medium dark red, youthful appearance. Opening with black currant and dark plum scents, it’s smoothly textured with medium plus flavor density and bright acidity. Persistent finish. 13.7% alc. Kathryn Kennedy 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Santa Cruz Mountains ($185) 96 Opens with finely perfumed dark cassis accompanied by notes of underbrush and leather. The firmly structured palate is admirably concentrated and deeply flavored with black currant and other dark fruit. Very fresh in character with seamless, bright integrated acidity. 14.9% alc.
Moone-Tsai Winery Established in 2003, the Moone-Tsai winery has quickly risen to the top class of Napa County wineries. Owners Mary Ann and Larry Tsai source grapes predominantly from the eastern side of the valley in Pritchard Hill, Coombsville, and Howell Mountain. The superstar winemaker is Bordeaux native Phillipe Melka. See our article on the IWR blog for more extensive reviews of Moone-Tsai. The wines can be purchased on-line or at the cellar door.
Moone-Tsai 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley ($130) 94 Saturated ruby red. This Napa Valley Cab offers a lot for the price. Opens with scents of cassis, mulberry and black tea with a light note of toasted oak. On the palate, it’s silky and mouth filling with medium plus depth and bright, lively dark red fruit flavors. One of the few Moone-Tsai wines you’ll find on restaurant wine lists. A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petite Verdot and 3% Merlot sourced primarily from Block 15 of the Caldwell Vineyard in Coombsville as well as other Napa Valley parcels. Matured 18 months in 50% new French oak. 14.6% alc. Moone-Tsai 2019 Hillside Blend Howell Mountain ($170) 96 Opaque ruby core fading to dark brick at the rim. The bouquet reveals a spicy nose of black cherry, espresso, and graphite minerals. Firm mouth feel with impressive depth of black raspberry, cassis, dark cherry and a note of dark chocolate. Fine grained tannins and a persistent, rich finish. A blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot sourced from an east facing hillside 2100? above the valley floor; aged 18 months in 60% new French oak. 15.1% alc. Moone-Tsai 2019 Col Leonis Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley ($330) 98 Opaque carmine. Vibrant bouquet of spicy dark fruit, tobacco leaf and cola. Silky smooth on entry with dark fruit complemented by dark chocolate, savory herbs, violet flowers, and shale like minerals finishing on a deep, flavorful note of black fruit with hints of cedar. A top quality Napa Cab! Sourced from vineyards in Pritchard Hill, Coombsville and Sta Helena and matured 18 months in 70% new French oak. 15.1% alc.
Mount Eden Vineyards Established in 1945 by Martin Ray, Mount Eden is one of California’s most famous wineries. The estate sits at 2000’ looking over Silicon Valley to the east. To the west, on another 2000’ ridge lies Paul Masson’s winery and vineyards, and between these two historic wineries on another ridge is what’s now called Domaine Eden, the former Cinnabar winery and vineyard purchased by Mount Eden Vineyards in 2007. Today, Mount Eden Vineyards is owned by Jeffrey Patterson. The vineyards are planted to the Mount Eden clones of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that Paul Masson originally imported from Burgundy. The Cabernet Sauvignon at Mount Eden has a similar colorful history, descendants of Chateau Margaux vines also brought to California from Chateau Margaux. The 15-acre, dry farmed Mount Eden vineyard has thin Franciscan shale soils; the vines average 27 years of age. We tasted the wines below on a visit to the winery in Spring 2024. The wines, including the 2012 Library Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, are available on the Mount Eden web site.
Mount Eden Vineyards 2019 Domaine Eden Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains ($50) 93 Dark red/semi opaque. Multifaceted bouquet of cassis, plum, mountain herbs and cedar. The Domaine Eden Cabernet punches above its weight with its creamy texture and dense, fresh, dark fruited flavors. Great value and ready to drink now. A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Malbec sourced from Domaine Eden and the other sites in the Santa Cruz Mountains, fermented separately with ambient yeasts and aged 22 months in used oak, 66% French and 34% American. pH 3.37, 14.5% alc. Mount Eden Vineyards 2019 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ($110) 95 The 2019 vintage of the estate Cabernet shows real finesse with a vibrant, complex bouquet of dark berries, rose petals, saddle leather and a touch of earth. In the mouth, it’s refined and suave with good depth and balance and firm, round tannins. A sense of freshness lingers on the finish. Will improve with a few years bottle age but can be drunk now with the right food. A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot from the estate vineyard. Mount Eden Vineyards 2012 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains ($150) 94 This elegant, rich and more earthy/brambly Cabernet Sauvignon comes from an exceptional long, cool, dry vintage. After two years in barrel and ten years after bottling, this wine is clearly ready to drink now. It reveals beautiful, rich blackberry and other dark fruit flavors complemented by earth and sage notes on a deep, soft and silky palate. Just 13% alc.
Niner Wine Estates This winery was founded in 2001 by businessman Richard Niner. Today his son Andy manages the winery and farms two vineyards in Paso Robles and Edna Valley. Heart Hill Vineyard, located next to the winery, is in the Willow Creek District with 110 acres of Bordeaux varieties planted on rocky slopes of siliceous shale. The Cabernet Sauvignons reviewed here show outstanding winemaking on the part of winemaker Patrick Muran. These are big, showy wines with huge potential. www.ninerwine.com
Niner 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Heart Hill Vineyard Paso Robles Willow Creek District ($95) 94 Opaque ruby. The Heart Hill Cabernet Sauvignon is super concentrated, layered and deep with aromas and flavors of dark fruit with violet and herbal notes. Smoothly textured, it has an elegant mouth feel and is beautifully structured, although it is a young wine with firm tannins. Sourced from 5 clones across 6 blocks in the Heart Hill Vineyard, then fermented in stainless steel and aged 12 months in 65% new French oak before selecting barrels to be aged another 16 months in oak before bottling. pH 3.7, 14.9% alc. This is a wine to cellar or at the very least decant several hours before serving. Niner 2021 Fog Catcher Paso Robles Willow Creek District ($150) 95 Fog Catcher is opaque and opulent, a wine with amazing concentration. Opens with mineral-infused black fruit with a lavender note. Velvet-like in texture, it’s layered and deep on the palate with firm, round tannins and a very persistent, flavorful finish. Like the Heart Hill Cab, the wine is youthful but with immense potential. The perfect gift for someone with a wine cellar. Hand harvested 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Malbec, and 5% Carmenere from estate vineyards, fermented in stainless steel then aged in 64% new French oak barrels for one year, blended, and aged another 16 months in French oak. pH 3.7, 14.9% alc.
Parrish Family Vineyards David Parrish, a UC Davis grad, is one of Paso Robles’ most scientific growers, using satellite imaging and infrared sensors to carefully lay out his vineyards and carefully matching soils, rootstocks and clones. David’s grandfather Earl Henderson was one of Paso Robles’ wine pioneers in pre-Prohibition times. David Parrish began making his own wine in 2004, specializing in Bordeaux varieties. Today he manages 70 acres of vines in the Adelaida and Creston districts and makes the wine along with winemaker Cody Alt. We met David and tasted his wines at his Creston vineyard while preparing our latest report on Paso Robles. His Cabernet Sauvignons are consistent in style with rich fruit and superb balance, and they offer delicious drinking early on. www.parrishfamilyvineyard.com
Parrish 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Paso Robles Adelaida District ($85) 95 Opens with a beautiful, expressive nose of dark cassis and berries. An elegant wine with a silky texture, impressive depth and balance and the perfect degree of ripeness. Round, firm tannins with fine persistence. Can be aged but drinkable now. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the estate’s Adelaida vineyard and its calcareous clay soils; matured 21 months in 100% new French oak. pH 3.74, 14.5% alc. Parrish 2019 Four Chords Paso Robles Adelaida District ($80) 94 Four Chords has a spicy, black fruited nose with hints of lavender and mocha-scented oak. Lush in the mouth with expansive dark fruit flavors and superb balance. Another beautifully made wine from David Parrish. Four Chords is a blend of 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Malbec, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 15% Petit Verdot. pH 3.71, 14.6% alc. Aged in 80% new French oak for 21 months. Parrish 2019 Silken Paso Robles ($80) 94 Silken is a dark fruited Cabernet Sauvignon blend that opens with scents of dark berries, cassis, a note of violets and a hint of toasty oak. On the palate, it’s refined with a silky mouth feel and a concentrated fruit core. Delicious and seductive with fine, round tannins and a persistent finish. Silken is a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Syrah, and 18% Petite Sirah matured 21 months in 70% new French oak. pH 3.73, 14.5% alc
Ridge Vineyards Located in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, Ridge Vineyards is one of America’s most historic and unique wine estates. It sits at 2600’ near the top of Monte Bello Ridge overlooking Silicon Valley with limestone soils, a rarity in California. A San Francisco doctor discovered the site in 1885, terraced the slopes, planted vines and in 1892 constructed a winery dug out of the limestone bedrock. That winery is still in use today, producing some of California’s most distinctive and collectible wines, including the Ridge Monte Bello that starred in the 1976 Judgement of Paris.
Ridge Vineyards 2021 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains ($90) 93 Opaque ruby showing ripe dark plum, dark cassis, and tobacco leaf on the nose. Silky, soft texture with superb balance. The full-bodied palate has good depth and richness and finishes long with firm tannins. A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon and 16% Merlot from lower parts of the Monte Bello Vineyard, whole berry fermented using native yeasts and matured 19 months in 50% new American oak. 13.3% alc. Ridge Vineyards 2021 Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains 97 Opaque ruby. Complex, expressive bouquet of black currant and lavender with touches of cigar box and earth. Polished and focused on a dark fruited, exotically spiced palate with firm round tannins and a persistent finish. Delicious now, but this is a wine to buy and hold; plan to drink some time over the next two decades. A blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot destemmed with whole berry fermentation using native yeasts and malo and matured 19 months in all new oak, 92% American and 8% French. 2021 was a drought year, so berries were small, yields low, colors dark and flavors concentrated. 13.5% alc.
Smith-Madrone Stu & Charlie Smith primarily dry-farm 38 acres on top of Spring Mountain, at 1,900 foot elevation, with slopes angling up to 30%. All wines are from the vineyards surrounding the winery, which they planted when they founded the winery and vineyards with Madrone trees in 1971. In addition to the Cabernet Sauvignon reviewed here, they make an outstanding dry Riesling and a reserve Cabernet Sauvignon called Cook’s Flat Reserve. Order online at https://www.smithmadrone.com and inquire which vintages of the Cook’s Flat Reserve may be available. I’ve included our most recent review of Cook’s Flat.
Smith-Madrone 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Spring Mountain District ($65) 93 Dark red. Spicy bouquet with black raspberry, cassis, tobacco and a touch of cedar. Excellent depth of fresh fruit flavor and firm acidity on a mouth filling palate. Lovely long finish with round tannins. 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc aged 18 months in 65% new French oak. pH 3.56, 14.3% alc. This is a youthful wine so decanting is recommended; aging a couple of years in cellar is also a good idea. Smith-Madrone 2019 Cook’s Flat Reserve Napa Valley Spring Mountain District ($225) 96 Dark red. Unusually elegant for a mountain Cabernet but with fine tannic grip and a deep palate that suggests a long and interesting life. If only I were a rock musician with a bank account that would allow me to purchase a case and open one bottle every 18 months! It opens with an emphatic nose of dark cassis, black pepper and minerals. Silky and pure with a gorgeous, full mouth feel this wine isn’t shy on flavor, but it’s more about elegance than power. I would suggest aging in cellar a couple of years, but if you must drink it now, be sure to decant. Dry-farmed 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc sourced from a mountaintop parcel planted in 1972 [originally planted by George Cook in the 1880s], matured 18 months in 100% new French oak. pH 3.61, 14.6% alc.
The Farm Winery The Farm Winery is one of a growing number of boutique wineries in the Paso Robles AVA that are producing limited quantities of outstanding hand-crafted wines. The winery is owned and operated by old friends and Stanford Business School alums Jim Madsen and renowned Argentine winemaker Santiago Achaval whom we met on one of our Argentina wine trips. The Farm Winery launched operations in 2009. After a long search, Jim and Santiago ended up negotiating a long term-leases of several vineyards located in the westside hills of Paso Robles. These vineyards have mainly calcareous soils at an average altitude of between 1700 and 1900 feet and are exposed to cool ocean winds, resulting in wide diurnal temperature variations that contribute to high quality fruit. Yields are kept very low at 1.5-2.0 tons/acre, among the lowest in Paso Robles and are reflected in the wines’ concentration of flavors. The Farm Winery makes several ripe and flavorful Cabernet Sauvignon based wines we’ve listed our three favorites. They are best purchased from the winery website at www.thefarmwinery.com
The Farm Winery 2019 Cardinal Reserve Paso Robles Adelaida District ($135) 94 The Farm’s flagship Cabernet Sauvignon and has been consistently impressive in our tastings over time. It’s richly perfumed of black currants, black raspberries, and spice. The mouth feel is silky and seductive, and the dark fruited flavors complex and Bordeaux-like, finishing with firm tannins. Superb! Sourced from Paso Robles’ oldest Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard (Old Bailey, planted in 1964) with excruciatingly tiny yields (1/2 ton/acre), this is The Farm’s flagship Cabernet Sauvignon. 14% alc. The Farm Winery 2019 lpf Paso Robles Adelaida District ($75) 93 Opens with scents of black currant, earth, and toast that are picked up and complemented by dark cherry and huckleberry on a firmly structured palate. Finishes long with firm tannins and excellent persistence of dark red fruit. This wine, LPF, is named after Keynes’ Liquidity Preference Theory, revealing the business school training of Jim and Santiago. 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot; 13.5% alc. The Farm Winery 2019 The Big Game Paso Robles Adelaida District ($75) 94 The Big Game, sourced from the limestone soils of the Adelaida District, offers a black fruited nose with charred underbrush and loam notes. It’s silky in texture and layered on the palate with dark fruit and savory notes complemented by lively acidity. Finishes with firm dry tannins. 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Syrah, 5% Malbec, and 5% Petit Verdot; 13.8% alc.
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