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2017 Monte Rosso Vineyard Mountain Red

Name: 2017 Monte Rosso Vineyard Mountain Red
Brand: LOUIS MARTINI NAPA
SKU: 000000000210004439
Price: 75.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

91 Points from Wine Spectator, December 2021

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MERITAGE

Vintage

2017

Appellation

SONOMA VALLEY/SONOMA COUNTY

About

Our Monte Rosso Mountain Red is an homage to the great wines of Southern France, with a California twist. This fragrant blend of Syrah, Petite Sirah, and Grenache wafts out of the glass with aromas of black raspberries and kirsch liqueur with subtle hints of Herbs de Provence and dark roast coffee. The zesty palate includes a medley of savory flavors of dark fruit notes complemented by Monte Rosso’s signature spices. It has the vineyard’s classic frame of balanced acidity and notes of iron. The wine’s depth, mouthwatering fruit and lush mouthfeel display the extraordinary complexity that can be produced from this world-class mountain vineyard.

The grapes were harvested by hand and delivered in half-ton picking bins. The fruit was hand-sorted, destemmed and partially crushed before being gravity-fed into our open-top tanks for a 3-5-day cold soak before fermentation. Up to 10 days after primary fermentation was complete, the wine was gravity racked into oak barrels for malolactic fermentation. The wine was kept separate in individual lots, then the blend was assembled in summer 2018 and allowed to marry before bottling. In total, the wine was aged for 19 months in a mix of puncheons and new French oak barrels (78% new).

Our Mountain Red is crafted from select blocks on the legendary Monte Rosso Vineyard. Every vintage offers a distinct, vivid expression of this renowned site. In 2017, abundant winter rainfall fueled vine growth early in the season. A mild spring, followed by steady warmth in the summer and fall, led to a slightly early harvest with ripe, fruit-driven intensity.

UPC: 008500001550

SKU #: 000000000210004439

Critics Review

90 Points from Wine Enthusiast, May 2021

This red from a mountain site is a blend of 65% Syrah, 23% Petite Sirah and 12% Grenache. It is hearty in flavors of smoked meat and oak, with a burly core of black fruit, iron and crushed rock.

91 Points from Wine Spectator, December 2021

Broad and briary, with deep black cherry, grilled anise and white pepper flavors that finish with brawny tannins. Syrah, Petite Sirah and Grenache. Best after 2023.