Community Tasting Notes 29

• tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 9, 2020 - Less expressive and more evolved that some bottles. Middle of the road as they go. High quality dark fruit here.

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• fclarity wrote: 95 points

  July 8, 2018 - From a nice looking bottle with a VHS fill, this wine had a deep red/ light purple center with puce rims. The high- intensity nose was very dark and woodsy at first. After 8 hours of air it showed black cherry, anise, minerals, blueberries, and a hint of mint.
  
  This wine was thick and quite structured at first. The fruit was inky and the texture had a tough edge to it. When first poured, I might have scored it 90 points at most. This wine literally took 8+ hours to reveal its best face. It had copious fruit, notable rounded tannin, firm acidity, and excellent length.
  
  This wine kept changing and showing a different expression of itself. It was really just coming into its drinking window and will easily last 20 years. This was a very high end 94 or a low end 95. I am going with the optimistic view on this one.

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• tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 21, 2015 - A glorious bottle from the golden age of California wines. Complex nose of bright fruit, mildew mustiness, dusty soil, chalk, and coal dust. On the palate the fruit is rich and coats the mouth with dark fruit, stones and earth tones, but tantalizingly dry. Great range of textural elements on the palate. A good deal of weight without being clunky. This bottle appeared to still be developing its full complement of secondary notes. Bottle from winery cellar. 94+

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• potates Likes this wine: 90 points

  July 4, 2015 - Soft fruity nose, nice fruit on well balanced body, good finish. I suspect should have been drunk several years ago.

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• europat55 wrote: 89 points

  July 3, 2013 - 1970-1981 Mayacamas Cabs (Tasted blind) (Tom's house in Palo Alto, California): Soft nose. Some heat (B++). Soft palate with a very good short finish (B+/B++).
  My #6, Group's #7 (105 pts). Tasted blind.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1973
• Type Red
• Producer Mayacamas Vineyards
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Napa Mountain
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation California

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• In Cellars 195 (73%)
• Consumed 72 (27%)

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