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Mayacamas 2002 Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley)
- $20
One of the best Sauvignons of this or any vintage, a brilliant and evocative wine of great style and flair. Powerfully dry, with citrus, fig, apple and peppery spice flavors and a lush overlay of oak. Compelling for its intensity and complexity.
— S.H.
(12/15/2004)
Mayacamas 2006 Chardonnay (Mount Veeder)
- Cellar Selection
- $35
You could enjoy this Chardonnay now, because it has lush pineapple, pear and mineral flavors, and smoky oak adds delicious notes of vanilla, honey and buttered toast. Yet it’s a tight wine, with searing acidity. One of the few California Chardonnays that needs age, it will come into its own after 2012.
— S.H.
(12/31/2009)
Mayacamas 2007 Chardonnay (Mount Veeder)
- Cellar Selection
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- $35
Offering none of the oaky, fruity richness of popular Chardonnays, this bottle needs to be figured out in a different way. It’s super-dry, acidic and minerally, with citrus fruit flavors that seem barely touched by oak. It’s a wine of structural integrity, made in the style of a great Chablis. One of the rare Chardonnays that should age.
— S.H.
(8/1/2010)
Mayacamas 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder)
- Cellar Selection
- $65
A bit ungainly now, with massive red and black cherry flavors that burst out in jammy richness. But this is Mayacamas, whose Cabernets are built to last. The tannins are fierce, the acids entirely adequate to protect this wine through 2012, when it should begin to develop bottle character.
— S.H.
(12/31/2009)
Mayacamas 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder)
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- $65
Lots of dry elegance in this wine. It’s also more acidic than your typical Napa Cabernet, with a tart bite. The tannins are young and forceful, and the finish is totally dry. As presently constituted, it’s somewhat tough and lean. But the core of cherries and blackberries suggests some degree of ageabilty. Hold until 2015.
— S.H.
(12/31/2011)
Mayacamas 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder)
- Cellar Selection
- $65
This Cabernet is not providing much pleasure now. Bone dry and hard in tannins and acids, it’s aloof to the point of unfriendly. But there are lots of blackberries packed inside. Give it at least 8 years in the cellar.
— S.H.
(12/15/2010)
Mayacamas 2009 Sauvignon Blanc (Mount Veeder)
- $25
Good acidity gives this Sauvignon Blanc a nice crispness. The flavors are of limes and green apples, with a stony minerality. It’s an elegant wine, with a touch of wood. A little tough at first, it grows in charm in the glass.
— S.H.
(12/31/2011)
Mayacamas 1999 Chardonnay (Napa Valley)
- $32
After all these years, Mayacamas still marches to a different drummer. Not for them flamboyant fruit or a heavy plaster of oak. You won’t find tropical fruits, scads of spices and vanilla. This wine is tight and earthy, and the dryness is not offset with glycerin or other pseudo-sugars. It’s earthy and austere. The point is ageability, if you care to cellar it.
— S.H.
(12/15/2002)
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