Marietta Cellars is located just outside the little town of Geyserville in one of California's premier wine growing regions, Sonoma County. Owner and winemaker Chris Bilbro initially founded Marietta Cellars in 1979 in an abandoned cow barn in the Dry Creek Valley. Over the last twenty-two years, Chris has developed a product of incredible consistency both in quality and price with relatively complete anonymity.
The grapes are primarily from Sonoma and Mendocino County and grown in older, dry-farmed vineyards with limited production per acre. These are grapes that produce wines with the maximum concentration of fruit and complex flavors.
The initial case production for Marietta Cellars' Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon was only about 3,000 cases combined. Today, case production nears 35,000. The wines currently produced are Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Syrah, a proprietary blend called Old Vine Red, and a limited-quantity special blend called Angeli Cuvée. Occasionally, a Port is added to the line-up.
Marietta Cellars continues the tradition of family involvement. Chris' four sons are active in winery activities at various levels…Jake, Scot, and Sam have more recently been joined by brother Lucas, who is now six. Marietta Cellars wines are sold in 48 states as well as Canada, Europe, Thailand, New Zealand, and Japan. Because of the limited production and allocation of the wines, there are no tours, tastings, or retail sales on the premises.
The wines of Marietta Cellars are a personification of Chris Bilbro's personality, outlook on life, and general lifestyle. Chris believes that good wine is the perfect complement to good food and good friends. Pleasurable pursuits such as cooking, fishing, hunting, gardening, and entertaining add balance to the flavor of wine, as they do to life.
Our 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon is full bodied with a touch of elegance. The nose is classic Cabernet with rich black currant, cassis, and dark cherry fruit aromas. In the background mild oak and spice mix with a hint of sweet menthol-like herbs. Prominent, bright black currant flavors are balanced by ... more
BN#431891
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The deep color of our 2008 Petite Sirah displays the degree of concentration in this wine; it is dense and lush while retaining great balance. The aromas of dark fruit are complimented by hints of cocoa, charcoal, dried herbs, and minerals. The round mouth shows blueberry and currant flavors. The ... more
BN#447072
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Our 2010 Zinfandel is a pure expression of Sonoma County. We blend largely from our Alexan- der Valley ranch with doses of both Dry Creek Valley and Russian River Valley to give the final wine a broad spectrum. The nose is full of bright red and black raspberries followed by ... more
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Overall the 2010 vintage exudes aromas of blueberry, stone fruits and black licorice. The dense purple color is a great indication of what is to come on the mouth: a solid and complex wine which is full and velvety, and finishes with lasting toasty oak flavors. The secondary flavors of ... more
BN#490070
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Our 2009 Petite Sirah is as rich and dark as ever, but the more we work with Petite Sirah, the more we find there to be a wonderful elegance to this big natured wine. The nose is dark and deep with black and blue berries, black cherries, dark chocolate, minerals, ... more
BN#491103
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Made from Montepulciano and Negro Amaro grapes, the 2004 Emilia's Cuvee was a delightful surprise that admirably demonstrated what top-notch winemaking can do with these two varietals transplanted from southern Italy. Earthy black cherry and berry fruit notes interwoven with notions of herbs and underbrush are found in this medium-weight ... more
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All sizes are 750mL unless otherwise noted.
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