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1977 Louis M. Martini Pinot Noir Special Selection La Loma Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley (2/12/2019)
Mint condition bottle, wax/plastic capsule. Clean cork removal - 3/4 soaked through.
Crystal clear mahogany color to clear 3mm meniscus.
Nose of rancio, currant, tire rubber (surprisingly in an OK way), menthol, autumn leaves and fine dust.
Shockingly fruity on the palate. Sweet red cherries, deep cranberry mid palate and finishes with doris plum and a touch of spice.
Hard to find out much about this, but from what I can gather the vineyard was known as Stanly Ranch pre prohibition and probably was the original plantings of pinot noir in Carneros. It was replanted by Louis M Martini with Pinot Noir in 1948, so this may come from those plantings.
A bit of a piece of history and shockingly good for the age and fairly low expectations. a 1977 Martin Ray Winery Lake a few years ago was shockingly good too. At least in the 1970s there was potential in Carneros Pinot. (90 pts.)
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