Estate Director Michael Claypool and Winemaker Zach Watkins sit down to taste through all four wines currently in market — and explain exactly what makes each one worth talking about. This is the closest thing to having them in the room with you.
This is Napa Cab built the way the Martinis always made wine — for the table, not the trophy shelf. Boysenberry, dark cherry, graphite, and firm tannins that grip like a great Barolo. 92 points from Vinous, and it only gets better with 20 minutes in a decanter.
These vines have been growing in Monte Rosso’s volcanic soils for over a century — the same mountain that Louis M. Martini staked his legacy on. What you get in the glass is exactly what that land gives: blackberry, cracked pepper, baking spice, and a finish that just won’t quit.
Monte Rosso is one of California’s most historic mountain vineyards, and this is why — 95-point mountain Cab with currant, blackberry, pencil shavings, and the kind of structure that ages beautifully. Grandson Mike Martini bet the whole winery on French oak for this vineyard. One sip and you’ll understand why.
This is the pinnacle — a reserve-style Cab blended from the best sites up and down Napa Valley, including 30% Stagecoach Vineyard. Dark fruit, espresso, dark chocolate, 88% new French oak. This is the wine Louis M. Martini spent a lifetime building toward.
