Louis Martini Sonoma Cabernet 2009

Beppi in the Globe: "This is well-sculpted cabernet, with nothing out of place. The texture is polished, delivering flavours of cassis, cedar, tobacco and toasty oak. A light dusting of tannins provides structure and yields a satisfyingly dry finish. Ideal for steak or roast beef." 

There's one bottle of wine that is the introduction to what the fuss is about. "So that's what they mean when they say things like 'you can taste the dirt the grapes where grown in.'" It was a bottle of Martini Napa Cab camping in Monterey Bay summer mid-70s... This one was very nice with bar-b-que burgers at Luna Vista on Quadra Island.