Martha's Vineyard 1974 Heitz

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (98)

I had this wine twice over a period of thirty days, rating it an astounding 99 and 98 points. A monumental California Cabernet Sauvignon, it appears to have approached its plateau of maturity but should easily last for 20-25 more years. There is no rust, amber, or brown to the saturated dark purple color. The spectacular, huge, Mouton-Rothschild-like nose of mint, cassis, lead pencil, and toast is remarkably youthful. Staggeringly concentrated, this full-bodied, super-rich wine possesses moderate tannin, fresh, lively acidity, and a blockbuster, rich, fleshy finish. This is a monumental effort!

Winespectator (97)

In four separate tastings, this showed mature, well-developed Cabernet flavors in its lesser moments and extraordinary richness, depth and complexity at its best. Here is a classic exercise in bottle variation. Two bottles had deep currant, mint, spice and cassis flavors, but there was less intensity and depth in two others.

BOW (9.25)