Louis M. Martini Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA

路易斯馬提尼酒莊赤霞珠紅葡萄酒（納帕谷）

點擊次數(shù)：20377

If my math on the provided vineyard sourcing is correct, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley is about two-thirds estate-grown and one-third purchased from other growers. Aged in 25% new French oak, it's faintly herbal, with primary fruit notes of cassis and black cherries. It's a medium to full-bodied effort, a little tannic and austere at this stage, with a dusty finish. For the suggested retail price, it's a solid value in Napa.

Martini's 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley comes from a multitude of Gallo-owned properties and includes about one-fourth purchased fruit. Marked by notes of almost peppery-spicy oak and ripe cassis, it's full-bodied, ripe and generous, still not that rich or textured but a clear step up from Martini's Sonoma County Cabernet, with a long, mouthwatering finish.

The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley spends 18 months in a combination of 30% new and 70% used French and American barrels. It is another big boy at 15.4% natural alcohol. This wine, which was not yet in bottle, is fabulous, and there are 42,000 cases of it. One of the strongest efforts yet from the Martinis, this cuvée still sells at a modest $38.00 – a fair price for something this compelling. The wine has an opaque purple color, a beautiful nose of blueberries, blackcurrants, licorice, camphor and graphite. The wine is full-bodied and multilayered on the palate with sensational richness and length. It should drink well for 20-25 years.