I've read a lot of things about Martin Ray. Exceptional winemaker. Mad man. Shrewd businessman. Outrageous. Impossible. Story teller. Teller of tall tales. Genius. I hear he drank twice as much wine as he made and that other than perhaps Andre Tchelistcheff he was without compare as a CA winemaker in the 1950s and early 1960s. So I was pretty excited to try this. I had both a '78 and '80 cab about 10 years ago that I still remember fondly. Sadly, to me this one was D.O.A. It was still very cool to get the opportunity to try it. @Matthew Beckman just gets it.
I've read a lot of things about Martin Ray. Exceptional winemaker. Mad man. Shrewd businessman. Outrageous. Impossible. Story teller. Teller of tall tales. Genius. I hear he drank twice as much wine as he made and that other than perhaps Andre Tchelistcheff he was without compare as a CA winemaker in the 1950s and early 1960s. So I was pretty excited to try this. I had both a '78 and '80 cab about 10 years ago that I still remember fondly. Sadly, to me this one was D.O.A. It was still very cool to get the opportunity to try it. @Matthew Beckman just gets it.
Jun 6th, 2017
California, USA
