Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon Wines From The 60’s

Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon Wines From The 60’s - Episode #432

March 28, 2008

Louis Martini is a legend in California wine history and today Gary Vaynerchuk gets to visit some 40 year old Cabs. This is a special episode and Gary even brought his thunder down a tad out of respect.

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“The 60’s?..if you remember the 60’s..you were not there….” by rigaboy
“Is the vegetal aspect from the style of winemaking or from the age?
…” by Tommy Vernieri
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Wines tasted in this episode:

1964 Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon
1965 Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon
1967 Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon
1968 Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon
1969 Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon

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about 22 hours ago

rigaboy
The 60’s?..if you remember the 60’s..you were not there.
about 2 weeks ago

Tommy Vernieri
Is the vegetal aspect from the style of winemaking or from the age?

That’s great restaurant advice. I hadn’t thought of the first point, frequently follow the second.
about a month ago

GR8wine
Wow Gary,
Great show! Too bad it took me so long to get around to viewing. Thanks to Steve in PA for allowing us the privilege of enjoying such classics. And I really resonate with the advice you gave at the end of the show.
Kudos.
about a month ago

glenn
watched this episode via ITunes podcast while coming home from the east coast - bravo!!! what a cool show.
about a month ago

josh in Burgundy
Wasn’t born till much much later so I guess I would have to go with man landing on the moon
about a month ago

Larry D
Jebus–favorite things from the sixties? Okay. I remember listening to the White Album on New Years Eve, 1968, and was certain then, at the age of 14, that none of the rules my parents lived by would ever apply. The sixties was all hope. Hope we have supposedly had before or ever had since then. I loved Abby Hoffman, I loved Jerry Rubin, I loved Stokely Charmichael, the Black Panthers, Martin Luther King and I loved with all my heart Malcolm X. My first vote was for Shirly Chisolm in a primary elelction for President of the United States. Because I believed. I had belief and I had conviction at a time long ago. What happend? Often I wonder…what happened?
about a month ago

Jeff Al
Thank you Gary.

So many great things from the Sixties. Lennon. “Tomorrow Never Knows.” Just like trying a new wine…if you haven’t heard it, listen to it. Pronto.
about a month ago

Tribull
QOTD: I had the priviledge of seeing the Beatles on the their second tour to the USA in Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Kansas.

In the words of Ed Sullivan: …Really good show today…
about a month ago

ChrisR
Because I like to experiment, and also because you give great advice, I always try and have a different wine wherever I go. Usually this leads to more disappointment than delight (probably due to my $25 tops allowance), but it’s always fun. Case in point: At dinner last week I tried a nero d’avolo for the first time. Didn’t get the chocolate-covered cherry that you pointed out with some of the neros you tried, but it was fun to get exposed to it. This week is was Pinots from around the world (France, NZ, Argentina). Maybe next week I’ll get to try a Gruner. Anyways, keep pushing people to try new things, it’s seriously the funnest part of learning about wine.
about a month ago

Karl Laczko
Fascinating show, I hope to be able to try 40+ yr old wine sometime.

QOTD - 1967, I was born! 1969, Apollo 11 made it to the moon and back.

SQOTD - Didn’t make it, no surprise there I suppose!
about a month ago

Dan-o
I was born in the early 60’s. Therefore, I did not really experience the 60’s as much as I did the 70’s. However, I would have to say that the music is what I liked most about the 60’s. Chronologically, we had Dylan, Beatles, Stones, Cream, Allman Bros, Led Zepp, and more. Probably the best music in history.

Unfortunatley I could not make the trek to Wine Lib - we had a 1 year birthday party for my wife’s Godson. No wine at that event - bummer!
about a month ago

A-Gar
QOTD1: Best thing of the ’60s? Wow, that was twenty years before I was born (’86). Maybe…the Civil War Centennial Events? Great historical commemoration, which definitely led towards my piqued interest in American History.
about a month ago

Rolf Lydecker
QOTD: The best thing to come out of the 60’s is my parents marrige…because it lead to having me!

Cab is good.
about a month ago

victor
Gary,
Would you please give my niece Raissa a Birthday shout out on Apr 21. She got me into watching wltv- she’ll be graduating Med school in May and moving from Edmonton to Halifax for 5 years! and I’ll Really miss her…We’ll be enjoying a Sawyer Cellars Rutherford Napa Valley 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Imagery Artist Collection Sonoma Valley 2004 Petit Verdot - ALL about the P.V.! and a Sequoia Grove Rutherford Reserve Napa Valley 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon for her Bday if you could include any of these in a tasting? It is next to impossible for us in Canada to find ANY wines you taste… PLEASE.please. please.
Ps She’d proudly wear a wrist band if you could hook her up?!
Thanks
Victor Maslo,
A butter bandit fan!…
about a month ago

Tim Halberg
my favorite thing from the 60’s was that everyone as doing analog photography, not digital! soooo sick!

I miss the entirely film days, cause it was such an easy decision, now it’s tough, digital rocks, film rocks… what to do!

Great reviews on some very aged wines! How fun!!!!
about a month ago

Grape Expectations
I’ve been away and am just now catching up on last week. This was a great episode. I graduated from high school in 65 and college in 69 and it sounds like these wines have held up better than I have!

I have been drinking some stuff from the back of the closet that I thought was pretty old (just opened an 81 Mondavi Reserve Cab)and I’m pleased at how well they held up, despite not being stored in ideal conditions and moved halfway across the country twice.
about a month ago

Orville B
08/08/67 great day

JB
about a month ago

mbannon
Wow, very cool episode (I’m a little behind schedule this week). And great speech at the end, too.
about a month ago

MtnCharlie
Great show Gary! I was born in ‘65, so it was really cool to see you taste a wine from my birth year. I haven’t done that yet. I love trying old wines, but they seem hard to come by unless you got the bucks, so thanks for sharing the experience. One I did find yesterday was a 1997 Cronin Central Coast Pinot Noir for $9.99 at K&L Wines in Redwood City. A bit past its time but very interesting. The nose was very alive. It smelled better than it tasted. The finish was a bit weak.

QOTD1: The music, but didn’t really start appreciating the music of the sixties until ‘79.
QOTD2: Did not make it.
about a month ago

Bobby Wino
awesome show! What a great idea.

QOTD. I was not even close to being around in the 60’s…but walking on the moon seems fun!

QOTD2. sadly I was working and couldn’t make it to Jersey
about a month ago

kaybee
QoTd
The 60’s were groovy. I graduated from high school and met my long time sweetheart in 1969. The best thing about the 60’s was the music. The Cream, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence, what more can I say.
about a month ago

TennLee
Great! Please do more verticals.

QOTD: Shelby Cobras!
about a month ago

wayno da wino
WHOOOOOOHOOOOOOHOOOO !!!!!
Coool Episode wit’ da “antiques” in da Hizzy !!!!!!

QOTD: Birth of da Rock & Roll Era……
about a month ago

Panosh
QOTD: Being a kid.
about a month ago

JayZee
Interesting show. Really interesting. Kudos to Mr. Anderson.

QOTD1: My favorite thing about the 60’s is the Beatles and their music (and Motown is a close second place in my book).

QOTD2: As you already know, I could not make it on the 29th because I am on a business trip in Switzerland and I am extremely bummed that I missed the BIG EVENT.