Winery - Martin Ray
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A tremendous value for the lush berry, currant and mocha flavors, finely grained tannins, and the way the wine feels so fine and rich in the mouth. Drink now with almost anything calling for a full-bodied and dry red wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is the first Stags Leap wine I’ve ever had from Martin Ray, who’s been making Cabs from many other appellations for years. It’s also one of the best Cabs the winery has ever produced. Exceptionally ripe and well-oaked to surround blackberry, blueberry, cherry and currant pie filling flavors, it’s a softly beautiful, complex wine that’s gorgeous now, and should age well for a decade.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A beautiful Merlot that lives up to the promise of “the soft Cabernet.” It does have a velvety, cushiony mouthfeel, with blackberry and cocoa flavors, and achieves a harmony and balance rare in this varietal. Absolutely first-rate.
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Martin Ray Merlot - 2001
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a rich, opulent Cab that brims with the special balance that Napa brings. Dry and smoothly tannic, it shows lush flavors of blackberries, cassis, raspberries and oak. Doesn’t seem to be an ager, but it’s awfully good now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A well-structured Cab notable for its sturdy tannins and dryness. It’s more elegant than rich now, with a pleasing, oak-tinged core of blackberries and currants that leads to a long, spicy finish. Could easily develop in the bottle over the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Superripe and super-oaked, with syrupy fruit flavors, this is somebody’s idea of the popular style, but it’s really an exaggerrated one. Where’s the balance?
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
You won’t notice this wine’s overripe, raisiny flavors and alcoholic warmth if you just quaff it.
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Martin Ray Merlot - 2002
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smooth, complex and ageable, this wine has rich tannins that are wrapped around cassis and oak flavors. It’s a pleasant Cab that will go well with a steak, but has the balance and stuffing to improve. Now through 2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The lightness of color belies a fairly full, flavorful Pinot. Brambly raspberry and a touch of orange rind mark the bouquet. The flavors are carried by a large dose of oak- seemingly the house style. Solid acidity, mild tannins and some slight heat on the finish. Certainly tastes the part of a RRV Pinot Noir.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dark fruits, leather and game notes yield an almost Syrah-like nose that opens to chocolate, dark-berry and mineral flavors. Rich—even thick-textured—it is soft and quite approachable now, with fine, well-dispersed tannins. Finishes long, ultrablack, smooth and enjoyable. Drink now to 2007.
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