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| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2026 (based on 92 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Gpars on 12/24/2016 & rated 92 points: Enjoyed comparing 2010 and 2011 with Christmas dinner rib roast. Both were delicious. 2011 was more subtle while 2010 was bigger and bolder. (2232 views) | | | Tasted by Randito on 12/26/2015 & rated 93 points: A solid cab. Dense complex layers of black fruit, earth, and red currant. Notes of dark chocolate with integrated oak. Paired well with a prime New York strip. (2583 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 10/28/2015 & rated 90 points: A Day at Louis Martini (Napa, CA): Smells of tart red currants, vibrant plums and a whole lot of roses and violets. Shows the tart and fresh aspects of the vintage with crunchier red fruit, balanced out by an impressively firm tannic backbone and a sense of underlying strength. The plums, blackberry and dark currant fruit is juicy and tart, accented by complex elements of bell pepper, tobacco, eucalyptus, coffee and vanilla. Long, silky, refreshing finish with notes of floral perfume. An impressive effort in a difficult vintage. (2973 views) | | | Tasted by Randito on 8/9/2015 & rated 92 points: Solid Sonoma cab. However, the 2011 does not have the complexity nor the fruit, than the 2010 Monte Rosso. This 2011 could not overcome the difficult cooler year and deliver. (2607 views) | | | Tasted by 82Latour on 6/21/2015 & rated 87 points: Slight opaque red wine, medium intensity, cherry, all spice, green pepper nose, tart sour red cherry palate, acidic, bitter, lacking balance. Mid finish (2745 views) | | | Tasted by Randito on 6/19/2015 & rated 87 points: Some muted black fruit and cherry, chocolate, finishing with some cedar and spice. Was expecting a lot more, as the prior year vintage "2010" was far superior than this "2011". The $85 price at the vineyard is appalling for this effort. Hope the next two bottles are better. Not a good value. (926 views) |
| Louis M. Martini Producer websiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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