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Bon Appétit
July 2006
What's Your Wine Personality?
By Patrick Comisky
The Three Chocolatiers Like Eve, this weakness has multiple personalities. There is Cocoa Puff, with its core of chewy spice, warm as a pot of Mexican chocolate. There is Colenol Starbuck, he of dark and terrifying visage, whose patina of espresso dust intensifies all he visits. And then there is the Milk Man, all Belgian smooth and yummy, all thick and melty in the mouth. No matter which face is showing, if chocolate is your weakness, these are happy times for you, for this guilty pleasure is common in the fusion of ripe red wine tannins and abundant French oak, leading to long and dangerously seductive finishes. It is likely to be an expensive habit as well, since chocolate is a common denominator in Cabernets and blends from the Napa Valley, one of the priciest regions in California...And for milk chocolate, good choices include...Marston Family Vineyard 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon ($80), both from Spring Mountain.
Gourmet Magazine
December 2006, page 256
Wine Advice by Gerald Asher
“With our Christmas rib roast, I’m recommending the powerful but already accessible Marston Family Vineyard 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon. Marston’s current release is the ’03 , but the ’02 is already so much more advanced that it’s worth seeking out or ordering directly from the winery...”
San Francisco Chronicle
Higher ground: Napa and Sonoma’s mountain vineyards produce Cabernets with desirable intensity
by Tim Teichgraeber, Special to The Chronicle
Friday, March 2, 2007
“…Marston Family Vineyard Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon ($90) Close to perfection. Packed with tremendously expressive cassis, boysenberry, dried herb, graphite, cedar, chocolate flavors, loam, ultra-ripe black cherry flavors and plenty of highly polished tannin. Just beginning to blossom, it should age beautifully.”
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The Wine Advocate and Robert Parker-Online
Robert Parker
2002 Cabernet. A gem of a small producer. Displays abundant ripeness and glycerin, nice texture, outstanding potential. Capable of lasting 12-15 years.
Wine Spectator
July 8, 2005 Online Edition & September 30, 2005
CALIFORNIA CABERNET: The 2002 Cabernets are proving to be as outstanding as expected. The strength of the 2002 California Cabernet vintage is reaffirmed with these star performances. –James Laube
MARSTON FAMILY VINEYARD
2002 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
SPRING MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
93 - Fans of dense, dark, muscular Cabernet will find this fascinating. For all its richness, intensity and concentration, this dark-hued young wine has a measure of elegance and finesse. The core black cherry, currant, mineral and fresh earth flavors are rich and compelling, finishing with a strong presence of tannins. Best from 2007 through 2013. 500 cases made. $80 –James Laube
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