1969 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 96.3 points

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  5/5/2024 - Cailles wrote: 97 Points

  9x Heitz Martha‘s Vineyard (60s/70s/80s): Tasting these wines from three decades underscores the vineyard's ability to produce long-lived, high-quality wines with remarkable consistency, perhaps unmatched in Napa Valley during those years. While there is a clear line through the decades the tasting showcased the many faces these wines have, as some were still vibrant and young while others were on an absolut peak. The 1978 vintage was the winner, earning a perfect 100pts for its mature complexity, including malt and coffee nuances, a lively fruit core, and formidable structure. The 1969 and 1975 vintages were not far behind (both at 97pts).
  
  TN: This wine opens with a powerful, expressive nose featuring sweet dark fruits, eucalyptus, smoke, and earthy minerality—truly superb. On the palate, it displays extreme power with a strong core of ripe dark berries, cassis, and subtle red fruits, complemented by eucalyptus and earthy nuances. The structure is pronounced with high freshness and a fine texture. After an hour, it evolves, revealing additional layers of smoke, dark berries, and some honey, becoming softer, rounder, and more elegant with more air. The complexity and evolving nature make it a standout wine.
  
  Decanter: A short decant should do the job.

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  12/3/2023 - englishman's claret wrote: 97 Points

  Crystalline fruit - cherry, redcurant jelly, eucalyptus, black earth, juniper. Amazing development with air. Not as loud as the '68 or '74 but complete with excellent equilibrium. Special.

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  12/2/2023 - RockinCabs wrote: 97 Points

  California Wine Weekend; 12/1/2023-12/3/2023 (Mos Eisley Cantina & Waterhouse Restaurant): Nose: Blackberry, wintergreen, mushroom, shitake, cedar, mint and olive. Palate: Beautiful black fruit, plum, blackberry, mint and eucalyptus. Shows more loamy earth than either the 74 or 68, but there is a warmth in the sun kissed black currant and blackberry fruit that is really attractive in the 69 that does not present in the others.

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  1/4/2023 - tmiller wrote:

  drank side by side with MV 67, 68. unfortunately corked

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  11/21/2022 - aquacongas wrote: flawed

  corked

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