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  • Country ranking ?

    205
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Game

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Martha's Vineyard Cabenet Sauvignon 
The distinguished legacy of Heitz Wine Cellars spans nearly half a century.

Founders Joe and Alice Heitz embarked on their illustrious journey in 1961 when there were fewer than a dozen wineries scattered across the Napa Valley. With the purchase of their first 8-acre vineyard just south of St. Helena, Joe’s years of intense study and experience quickly translated into a reputation for bold and brillian...

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Martha's Vineyard Cabenet Sauvignon – Heitz Wine Cellars

The distinguished legacy of Heitz Wine Cellars spans nearly half a century.
Founders Joe and Alice Heitz embarked on their illustrious journey in 1961 when there were fewer than a dozen wineries scattered across the Napa Valley. With the purchase of their first 8-acre vineyard just south of St. Helena, Joe’s years of intense study and experience quickly translated into a reputation...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

18 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Medium, Ruby red and Bright

ending

Long, Flavorful and Lingering

flavors

Blackcurrant, Floral, Spice, Cedar, Tobacco and Mint

nose

Generous, Complex, Seductive and Wide

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Medium tannin, Concentrated, Balanced, Well-structured, Developing, Full-bodied, Elegant, Round, Fragrant and Silky tannins

Verdict

Fine and Well made

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle and is in a perfect condition. Colour is medium. On the nose it is fresh and generous. The taste is fragrant, and average in acidity, with complex, good texture and balanced structure. The finish is long, lingering, flavorful and vibrant. This wine is wonderful, sophisticated and fine.
  • 93p

This is layered and intriguing with blackberry, tar and burnt-orange character. Full to medium body and lightly chewy tannins. Fresh and linear. Hints of walnuts. Real Napa wine. Drink now.

  • 94p

A deep, intense wine, the 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard is rich and beautifully layered, with sweeping stature. Dark red cherry, crushed flowers, mint and spice fill out in the glass. At eighteen years of age, the 1997 tastes more like a ten year-old wine! There is no shortage of personality here, but readers need to give the 1997 at least another few years to allow some of the baby fat to melt off. This incredibly youthful Cabernet Sauvignon will drink well for another few decades.

  • 95p
Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is ruby red, brick red, and looking bright, dark and deep. On the nose it is open, wide, refined, complex, ripe, seductive, generous and charming. The taste is vivid, round, focused, elegant, fruity, fragrant, with medium tannin ., with silky tannins, and average in acidity, full-bodied, with balanced, well-structured, well-integrated, concentrated structure and developing. On the palate it is layered and has floral, toasty, spice, blackcurrant, mint, earthy and perfumed flavours. The finish is long, lingering, vibrant and flavorful. This wine is fine,fine and impressive. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years and decant at least 2t before tasting.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 95p
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Origin

St. Helena, Napa Valley

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