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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This wine might improve with age, but right now the parts are not cooperating. You have ripe, blackberry and coffee fruit with an edge of raisins, gritty tannins that make the tongue stick to the gums, and sweet oak that sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s all good, but a bit feral. Give it three years.

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Martella Syrah - 2003

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

From the longtime winemaker at Thomas Fogarty in the Santa Cruz Mountains comes this lush fruit bomb from Mendocino. Cedar and vanilla mark the nose, but the palate couches ripe plummy fruit in a cradle of vanilla. Finishes with a touch of heat. The bad news? Only 76 cases made.

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Martella Syrah - 2003

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This interesting wine showcases a host of dark, spicy notes beginning to end: coffee, dark chocolate, roasted meat, black pepper, you name it. Medium-bodied and well balanced; 51 cases produced.

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Martella Syrah - 2002

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Funky, sweaty old leather dominates the aroma of this dry wine. The fruit flavors, of blackberries and cherries, seem tamped down, leaving the stiff tannins to dominate. Feels hard and astringent, and not likely to age.

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Martella Syrah - 2005

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

A bit too oaky for balance, with a strong toasted wood aroma and flavor that smothers the underlying fruit flavors of currants, cherries, blackberries and plums. Pretty tannic, too, but doesn’t seem to have the stuffing for ageability.

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Martella Syrah - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Here’s one of the richer Syrahs on the market. It’s almost like biting into a cherry-filled chocolate candy, it’s that flamboyant in flavor. Sweet fruit spreads over the tongue, coating it with soft tannins and low acids. It’s best in its sweet youth.

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Martella Syrah - 2000

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Drinks a little hot and overripe, with raisiny flavors, but at least it’s fully dry. If these big, ripe, extracted Sierra Foothills Zins are your thing, you’ll love it.

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Martella Zinfandel - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Martella’s Hammer Syrah, which is a statewide blend, consistently is as good as, if not better than, its more expensive bottlings. As in the past, the ’06 is very dry, crisp and somewhat tannic. What it lacks in fruity richness it more than makes up in structural balance and elegance, but you’ll find enough cherry, currant, tobacco and sweet oak flavors to satisfy.

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Martella Syrah - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Likeable for its dryness and elegantly crisp structure, this wine will support comfort foods like beef fajitas or Chinese stir fried beef with soy sauce. It has flavors of mashed red cherries, sprinkled with black pepper and cinnamon.

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Martella Grenache - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Thick and dark in terms of flavors and aromas, but not in terms of richness or size. On the nose, we found thick, syrupy fruit and chocolate flavors; on the palate, plum fruit. Some call it supple, others, simple. Whatever side we fell on, we all agreed that it was a good, enjoyable quaffer.

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Martella Syrah - 2002

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