We have been making Old Vine Red for over 30 years. When we started, there wasn’t a spot on wine shelves for a fair priced red blend. Now, there are an overwhelming amount of red blends coming out each year. What makes us different is that we haven’t changed. Old Vine Red is still a hand made wine that is made by a family who loves what they do. We are fortunate to have both consumers and restaurants who take notice and continue to support us with each and every release.
Lot 56 continues the tradition of consistently great wine. The aromas of the Zinfandel based blend are bright and rich with red and dark berry fruits followed by hints of earth and spice. The mouth feel is lush and full. The finish is marked with ample acidity to bring the wine to a balanced finish.

Grape Source: Primarily Sonoma and Mendocino Counties
Color: Dark Ruby Purple
Aging Potential: Best within 1-3 years

Appellation: California
Winemakers: Chris & Scot Bilbro
Released: June 2011

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 finish has notes of earth and spiced
chocolate along with rich layered tannins and firm acidity. As usual, our Petite Sirah is so approachable that it is hard to set aside, but for those who can wait, it should develop for at least 15 years.

Grape Source: Alexander Valley (Sonoma County)
Color: Dark Ruby
Oak Aging: 12 months French Oak
Aging Potential: 5-8 years

Appellation: Alexander Valley
Winemakers: Chris & Scot Bilbro
Released: June 2011

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 lively acidity and firm, lasting tannins to create a textured, mouth coating finish. This is a big wine that will
last for at least 10 years yet is supple enough to enjoy now.

Grape Source: Alexander Valley, (Sonoma County)
Color: Dark Ruby
Oak Aging: 16 months French Oak
Aging Potential: 5-10 years

Appellation: California
Winemakers: Chris & Scot Bilbro
Released: June 2011

Grape Source: Primarily Sonoma and Mendocino Counties
Color: Dark Ruby Purple
Aging Potential: Best within 1-3 years

Appellation:

Angeli Cuvee is a proprietary blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Carignane that we’ve been making since the first vintages that we had fruit from our Alexander Valley ranch and home. The wine is named for the family who previously owned our ranch for 104 years.
The 2007 vintage yielded smaller berries than what we normally see in our vineyards. This translates to firm fruit tannin and density of flavors in the resulting wine, which is just what we like with our Angeli Cuvee. The aromas are deep and rich with layers of dark berry fruits, chocolate notes, brown spices, and a nice background of toasty oak. The flavors are concentrated and lush with very ample tannin and acidity to compliment the weighty mouth feel. This wine will evolve and age gracefully for up to at least 15 years.

Grape Source: Alexander Valley, Sonoma County
Color: Dark Ruby
Oak aging: 24 months, primarily French oak
Aging potential: up to 15 years

The 2009 Zinfandel is high-lighted by bright and rich red berry fruit aromatics and flavors.  The nose is full of raspberries, blackberries, black pepper, and brown spices with really high toned and immdeiate aromas jumping from the glass. The mouth feel is lush and viscous with ample acidity and tannin pulling through on the finish. When blending, we aim to have our Zinfandel  show great concentration of fruit and spice flavors while retaining firm acidity and balance, and the 2009 release does just that.

Grape Source: Alexander, Dry Creek, and Russian River Valleys
Color: Dark Ruby
Oak aging: 16 months French Oak
Aging potential: 5-10 years

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 1978 in a rented cow barn in the Dry Creek Valley. The winery is named after Chris’ great aunt.  Marietta was a tough Italian immigrant who was known for always having a stock pot on the stove, a bountiful garden, and a plentiful table. Not having any children of her own, she took Chris under her wing and taught him how to cook by hand and taste which is a direct correlation to Chris’ winemaking style.

Since his first release in 1978, Chris’ greatest accomplishment and passion has been his four sons. His second greatest accomplishment has been his ability to produce a product of incredible consistency both in quality and price with relatively complete anonymity.

The wines of Marietta Cellars are a personification of Chris Bilbro, his outlook on life, and his general lifestyle. No wine is complete on its own; pleasurable pursuits such as cooking, fishing, hunting, gardening, and entertaining add balance to wine, as they do to life.

To this day, no wine gets bottled without Chris’ approval and no vineyard row goes more than a week without Chris riding his ATV through it.

Handling the majority of the day to day operations are Chris’ three eldest sons, Jake, Scot, and Sam. Brothers by blood and best friends by choice, Jake, Scot, and Sam are all dedicated to the dream that Chris started in 1978.