Louis M. Martini Monte Rosso Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, USA

路易斯馬提尼蒙特羅索園赤霞珠紅葡萄酒

點擊次數(shù)：15813

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in a combination of new French oak (85%) and American oak (15%) for 22 months (a shorter period than the 2007), the 2008 tips the scales at 15.4% alcohol. Production (1,800 cases) was three times higher than the 2007. The full-bodied, rich 2008 offers copious amounts of black currants, cherries, loamy soil, tobacco leaf and roasted coffee characteristics. On a faster evolutionary track than the 2007 (even though the 2007 is a deeper, richer, more complete wine), the 2008 is another winner from Louis Martini. Anticipated Maturity: now-2025.

Even more powerful, the dense plum/purple-tinged 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Rosso Vineyard looks to be nearly as prodigious. It offers a big, sweet kiss of smoked herbs, burning embers, black currants, black cherries and licorice. Dense, full-bodied and unctuously textured as well as long, it, too, is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Monte Rosso Vineyard that was aged in a combination of new French oak (85%) and new American oak (15%) for 22 months prior to bottling. It should drink well for 20-30+ years. (Not yet released)This venerable winery can trace its origins back to 1900 when Louis Martini came to the United States from Genoa, Italy. After a long, distinguished winemaking history, the family sold the winery in 2002 to the Gallo family with whom they had been close friends for decades. Today’s wines may be the finest Louis Martini offerings since the classics they made in the fifties and sixties. The wines reviewed in this report represent an impressive line-up that includes some outrageous values. Moreover, readers should not forget Louis M. Martini’s three Napa Valley offerings that were reviewed in issue #192.Tel. (800) 321-WINE