Martin Ray Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Cabernet Sauvignon

País

United States

Região

Stags Leap District · Napa

Denominação

Stags Leap District

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201490 pts

  This 100% varietal wine from the powerful appellation delivers concentrated blackberry, tar and burnt toast flavors framed by sizable, structured tannin. Its spicy clove and tobacco seasonings persist smoothly on the finish.

• 200992 pts

  Who wouldn't love this Cabernet? It defines the famous description of wines from this district as an iron fist in a velvet glove. Shows a firmly tannic structure, with good acidity and a firm minerality. That's the iron. The velvet is the ripe, rich black currant and cherry frui…

• 200789 pts

  Pretty sharp in tannins and acids, even for a Stags Leap Cab. Although it has plenty of blackberry, cherry, currant and oak flavors, it's a hard wine. The palate finds so much to like, it wants it to be softer, but it's not, so the gamble is on aging. Try after 2013.

• 200592 pts

  Like Martin Ray's other '05 reserve Cabs, the Stags Leap bottling is rich, soft and immediately appealing for its luscious array of flavors. What's not to like about blackberries, cherries, raspberries, chocolate, cedar and smoky vanilla? The tannins are very fine, giving the wi…