Marietta Cellars Game Trail Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
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Much like the air out at the Yorkville ranch, this wine is fresh and bright. With more acidity and focus on red fruit flavors than most Cabernet Sauvignon, Game Trail is sizable and will age for decades, but has a gorgeous, perfumed elegance that is accessible now.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: For years I drove through the Yorkville Highlands growing region as I headed into the Anderson Valley, and as a longtime judge for the Mendocino County Fair, I would sometimes get the Yorkville Highlands wines on my panels; those wines did not seem so interesting at that time. Over time, it was clear that the potential was there. The 2015 Marietta Game Trail Cabernet Sauvignon is not only exciting; it is bringing this AVA UpToDate as a region worth exploring. TASTING NOTES: This wine is bright, crisp, and lively. Its aromas and flavors of red fruits, bright minerality, and an accent of oak make it a fine choice with pan-seared lamb chops. (Tasted: August 27, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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Jeb Dunnuck
From the Yorkville Highlands AVA, the 100% Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Game Trail Cabernet Sauvignon sports a deep purple color all the way to the rim. Spiced plums, cassis, cedar pencil, and exotic spice notes give way to a medium-bodied, concentrated, seamless wine that has class and charm. With fine tannin, good acidity, and a fresh, focused style, I suspect it will drink nicely for 7-8 years.
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Starting with only a handful of purchased grapes in 1978, Marietta Cellars has been a standout winery in Sonoma and Mendocino since the very beginning. Founded by Chris Bilbro, a Sonoma County native with winemaking roots dating back three generations, Marietta rose to prominence with its revolutionary Old Vine Red, a California red blend that essentially created the category. The winery has slowly expanded its estate holdings over the past thirty years, evolving into a beacon for high quality, balanced Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Rhône variety blends. Now fully estate-based and organically farmed, Marietta has vineyards spanning 310 acres in the Alexander Valley, McDowell Valley, and Yorkville Highlands. Notable among their heritage plantings are California’s oldest Syrah blocks, planted in the late 1800s.
Scot Bilbro, Chris’s son, has brought Marietta into its next, incredibly exciting phase. After graduating from UC Davis with a degree in Viticulture and Enology in 2007, Scot joined the winery full-time, assuming the role of winemaker in 2012. Steeped in the history of the California wine country and the traditions established by his father, Scot combines his creativity and technical background in guiding the winery’s vision of viticulture and winemaking. Today, the fusion of traditional values and style with modern precision have culminated in the most highly regarded wines of Marietta’s four decade history.