One of Sonoma’s older wineries, Marietta has been putting great wine in bottles at a very fair price for decades now.Hugh looks at some recent offerings.
Price key:$=less than $20$$= $20-40$$$=$40-60$$$$=above $60
Quality key:* = decent wine** = very good wine*** = superb wine****= elite VALUE = exceptional quality for the money
Marietta Old Vine Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, California ’23**1/2$ VALUE
(Fruit forward, full bodied. blackberry, herb and spice notes)
Marietta Christo Red Blend, North Coast ’21**1/2$$
(All the big red grapes, complex aroma and flavor, full bodied, rounded)
WINE OF THE WEEK:
Marietta Old Vine Ranch Lot 75, California
NV**1/2 $VALUE
(Zinfandel heavy, with notes of plum, briar, and spice, subtle flavors)
All of these wines can be purchased at Wells Discount Liquors.
