95 points One of the best buys of the year in California Cabernet! Limited. 95 Points Robert Parker: "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 is fabulous. 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... ...It is hard to believe that the iconic Louis M. Martini Winery first made Napa Cabernet Sauvignon in 1933. Louis Martini is long gone, but he played a significant role in establishing Napa and Sonoma valleys as premium grape-growing regions. His family has carried on and more recently benefitted from the influx of significant investment from the new owners – the Gallos." The Martini family has been crafting world-class Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa and Sonoma's finest vineyards since 1933. Founder Louis M. Martini started with this simple premise: the best grapes make the best wines. Today, this tradition carries on at their historic winery in the Napa Valley with a range of unforgettable Cabernet Sauvignon wines.
Adam Kincaid
Heavily oaked, no doubt, Vanilla extract and eucalyptus. Some of that sweaty sock Grenache but not so putrid. Wet dog???? Muddled fruit.
Heavily oaked, no doubt, Vanilla extract and eucalyptus. Some of that sweaty sock Grenache but not so putrid. Wet dog???? Muddled fruit.
8.9Ron R
Almost impossible to label the correct bottling - I surrender! Enjoyable. Manufactured. Open/knit. Over-oaked. Vanillin r us. But then, I’m easy to please.
Almost impossible to label the correct bottling - I surrender! Enjoyable. Manufactured. Open/knit. Over-oaked. Vanillin r us. But then, I’m easy to please.
9.1Eric Urbani
In Mag, elegant
In Mag, elegant
9.0David L
Even better on the second day
Even better on the second day
9.2David L
It’s been open for 24 hours. Can’t believe about to say this… Absolutely fantastic.
It’s been open for 24 hours. Can’t believe about to say this… Absolutely fantastic.
9.3Ron R
I found this bottle of 2014 amongst the rubble...
I found this bottle of 2014 amongst the rubble...
9.1Neal Ferry
A magnum of greatness…. I could do this every day…. It’s so good
A magnum of greatness…. I could do this every day…. It’s so good
9.0Joanna Fisher
Would drink again
Would drink again
9.0Nick Piccone
Classic big Napa cab
Classic big Napa cab
8.8Sam Friedland
Too oaky, and perhaps not ready
Too oaky, and perhaps not ready
8.7WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.