PnP. Inky purple. Opened with a deep, rich aroma with blackberry, cassis, earth, leather, pencil shavings, light herb. Layers of flavor with blackberry, cassis, leather, earth, a touch of herbal. Medium to full body, great balance. Long smooth finish with silky tannins showing up. Showing really well now, but should hold/improve easily another decade, plus.
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6 hour slow ox at 60. Decided I needed to pop one before deciding on ordering the 2019 release. Delightful, pure deep dark berries with a very light touch of coffee, licorice notes. Soft mellow tannins and full bodied. I'd say I hit the sweet spot at age 8. Although not a value wine, the $150 release price was worthy of the experience. It's $175 for the 2019.
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Very well crafted wine, but in a style I reach for less these days. Lots of pencil lead and sawdust on the nose, followed by deep blue fruit. Everything in check with nothing poking out, despite the 14.6% ABV. This wine is very young and should last another 10+ years easily.
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This is my first time trying Maybach and this bottle of wine was fantastic. Although not given sufficient breathing time, this vintage was pretty much ready to with a pop of the cork. It opens with an intense, powerful floral nose and on the palate, big, full bodied with very nice concentration. The taste, a display of powerful dark Cabernet grape flavors that explode beautifully on the pallet: Crème de cassis, black and blueberry fruits, currants, some oak with excellent structure, extraction and perfect acidity. As stated, this was my first experience with Maybach, but it won’t be my last. Excellent wine 96+ - 97 points and perhaps better adequate decanting.
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Thought I might be able to hold this one longer but couldn't wait. Been meaning to trying this winemaker for a while. Quite impressed. The wine needed only just over an hour out of the bottle to open up. Intense, pure, laser beam of fruit. Chewy. Ripe berry. I've often liked Calistoga wines. This is a Jan 2019 tasting.
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This is in a real nice spot right now. Heavy black fruited nose with some forest floor and road tar. Silky smooth mouth feel with still enough acidity to be very fresh and energetic. Sweet tannins glide you through to a long smooth finish. Made a 14 Del Dotto Villa De Lago seem like a house wine.
This plush and modern wine is tasty and complex, but I had hoped for something more profound and enticing. It felt like paying a bunch of money expecting to see Bruce Springsteen in concert - and then having John Mellencamp show up. It's fine, even good, but it's not great - and it's a bit disappointing given my (perhaps too) high expectations for my first Maybach red.
Dark purple in color, full in body, nose of plum and graphite, with a whiff of burnt wood. Tastes of black cherry, dark chocolate, sage, and rosemary, with a pleasant and lingering finish. 14.6% alcohol. I can't tell if it's still coiled up or if there's a little thinness in the mid-palate, though the winery's reputation makes me think the former. Drinking it over five hours didn't change much, but my guess is that this will open (and soften) up some over the next year or two.
I'm not giving up on Maybach yet, but this wine was considerably less ready than many 2013's I've adored at this price point (e.g., Realm, Carter, Fait-Main, Memento Mori). It's good, no doubt, but the question is whether it's worth it: something I'll test with my other bottle in 2018 or 2019.
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This is wine is a story of two days for us. We drank this next to a 2014 Becklyn Reserve.
One day one, this Amoenus started off muted and green. The fruit was very quiet. But there was lots of earth, green pepper, and tannin. The Becklyn conversely was all fruit early on. Layered and excellent.
On Day two both wines completely reversed themselves. The Amoenus evolved amazingly. Bursting with layered fruit on the nose and palate. The blue and black fruit is huge, and the finish goes 45 seconds of so. Meanwhile, the Becklyn has gone the other direction. It has shut down somewhat and the fruit has either evolved away or has become overwhelmed by the tanin. It's still there, but about 50% less. Lots of black pepper. The Maybach, on the other hand, has two or three times the fruit, layers, nuance and balance on the second day. It had pretty much none of this on day one.
So, day one score for the Amoenus was a 90-91. Day two: 95.
Wait on this one. For a year or two, of for a day or two after opening.
Just a postscript comparing his Amoenus to the Materium. The Materium is our favorite wine of all wines, for nearly a decade now, and we find it to be in a league of its own. The Amoenus is a very good wine, but the Materium is a singular wine. They come from two different single vineyards, so this makes sense.
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First Maybach we've ever had and it lives up to the hype. Powerful fruit, tannic beast. Hints of cedar and no overt oak. This wine will easily go 10+ years. If drinking young, recommend long decant. Outstanding.
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Nose is grocery store fruit display. First sip, Fruit kicking the tanins down, little spice. Easy to sip and enjoy, flavors fade leaving a warm palate.
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Our last bottle of the day...stupid move, but we wanted some fruit after a day of 20 and 30 year old "clarets" of "intellectual" flavours and smells. Maybach definitely hit the spot with a dark purple dress, Eau de Massive Fruit on the nose and a truckload of powerful black berries, chocolate and liquorice on the palate. Still barely legal, she was a most excellent, vivacious, full-bodied gal to take us off to bed...sleep, we mean, as we never departed the couch until morning time.
3/22/2024 - GFischmann Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drinking perfectly!
Dark fruit with good balance in acidity and tannins.
Good secondary and tertiary notes
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11/29/2023 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 95 Points
The 2044 drinking window here is funny. This is ready to go now. Sweet/ripe raspberry, plum, new leather and mineral. Not super complex but delicious.
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11/19/2023 - Acohen Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rich sweet currant with chocolate, mocha and integrated tannin
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11/18/2023 - Acohen Likes this wine: 94 Points
Sweet plum, currant and great tannins
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11/18/2023 - Acohen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Great cab with cassis, plum, currant, chocolate and rich tannins
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4/20/2023 - gharter Likes this wine: 96 Points
PnP. Inky purple. Opened with a deep, rich aroma with blackberry, cassis, earth, leather, pencil shavings, light herb. Layers of flavor with blackberry, cassis, leather, earth, a touch of herbal. Medium to full body, great balance. Long smooth finish with silky tannins showing up. Showing really well now, but should hold/improve easily another decade, plus.
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1/23/2023 - Acohen Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dark rich blue fruit, chocolate and graphite
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1/23/2023 - Acohen Likes this wine: 94 Points
Classic Napa with currant, plum, earth and leather and great finish
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11/19/2022 - BDBoles wrote:
Perfectly aged with plenty of tanins left leaving a very well balanced wine.
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9/9/2022 - GFischmann wrote: 96 Points
Perfect, balance dark fruit with a city and tannins . The oak is in good balance to tertiary flavors of soil and leather
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8/21/2022 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 95 Points
Consistent with past note
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1/20/2022 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 96 Points
6 hour slow ox at 60. Decided I needed to pop one before deciding on ordering the 2019 release. Delightful, pure deep dark berries with a very light touch of coffee, licorice notes. Soft mellow tannins and full bodied. I'd say I hit the sweet spot at age 8. Although not a value wine, the $150 release price was worthy of the experience. It's $175 for the 2019.
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10/7/2021 - rpenn77 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rich dark fruit with a long finish
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3/5/2021 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very young wine, full of intense, lush fruit. Very dark cherry with kirsch and subtle licorice.
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8/31/2020 - Tubulus wrote:
Certainly well made, not a hint of heat, but not really my style. Of TRB wines I've tried I get more pleasure from Rivers Marie at half the price.
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5/16/2020 - BigTex22 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very well crafted wine, but in a style I reach for less these days. Lots of pencil lead and sawdust on the nose, followed by deep blue fruit. Everything in check with nothing poking out, despite the 14.6% ABV. This wine is very young and should last another 10+ years easily.
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3/13/2020 - GFischmann wrote: 96 Points
Still young but intense dark fruit, but effect of oak s as bd early earthy tones
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12/8/2019 - Yack Man Likes this wine: 97 Points
This is my first time trying Maybach and this bottle of wine was fantastic. Although not given sufficient breathing time, this vintage was pretty much ready to with a pop of the cork. It opens with an intense, powerful floral nose and on the palate, big, full bodied with very nice concentration. The taste, a display of powerful dark Cabernet grape flavors that explode beautifully on the pallet: Crème de cassis, black and blueberry fruits, currants, some oak with excellent structure, extraction and perfect acidity. As stated, this was my first experience with Maybach, but it won’t be my last. Excellent wine 96+ - 97 points and perhaps better adequate decanting.
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3/9/2019 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 96 Points
Thought I might be able to hold this one longer but couldn't wait. Been meaning to trying this winemaker for a while. Quite impressed. The wine needed only just over an hour out of the bottle to open up. Intense, pure, laser beam of fruit. Chewy. Ripe berry. I've often liked Calistoga wines. This is a Jan 2019 tasting.
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1/27/2019 - WineForRob wrote: 96 Points
This is in a real nice spot right now. Heavy black fruited nose with some forest floor and road tar. Silky smooth mouth feel with still enough acidity to be very fresh and energetic. Sweet tannins glide you through to a long smooth finish. Made a 14 Del Dotto Villa De Lago seem like a house wine.
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1/14/2019 - zding Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fruity opening on nose, red fruits, mint. Silky tannin and long finish.
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11/18/2017 - mikemboutiquewines wrote: 99 Points
Utterly fantastic in every way and a very long life ahead! Bravo!!
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6/27/2017 - msuwine wrote: 94 Points
This plush and modern wine is tasty and complex, but I had hoped for something more profound and enticing. It felt like paying a bunch of money expecting to see Bruce Springsteen in concert - and then having John Mellencamp show up. It's fine, even good, but it's not great - and it's a bit disappointing given my (perhaps too) high expectations for my first Maybach red.
Dark purple in color, full in body, nose of plum and graphite, with a whiff of burnt wood. Tastes of black cherry, dark chocolate, sage, and rosemary, with a pleasant and lingering finish. 14.6% alcohol. I can't tell if it's still coiled up or if there's a little thinness in the mid-palate, though the winery's reputation makes me think the former. Drinking it over five hours didn't change much, but my guess is that this will open (and soften) up some over the next year or two.
I'm not giving up on Maybach yet, but this wine was considerably less ready than many 2013's I've adored at this price point (e.g., Realm, Carter, Fait-Main, Memento Mori). It's good, no doubt, but the question is whether it's worth it: something I'll test with my other bottle in 2018 or 2019.
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5/21/2017 - WineGold wrote: 95 Points
This is wine is a story of two days for us. We drank this next to a 2014 Becklyn Reserve.
One day one, this Amoenus started off muted and green. The fruit was very quiet. But there was lots of earth, green pepper, and tannin. The Becklyn conversely was all fruit early on. Layered and excellent.
On Day two both wines completely reversed themselves. The Amoenus evolved amazingly. Bursting with layered fruit on the nose and palate. The blue and black fruit is huge, and the finish goes 45 seconds of so. Meanwhile, the Becklyn has gone the other direction. It has shut down somewhat and the fruit has either evolved away or has become overwhelmed by the tanin. It's still there, but about 50% less. Lots of black pepper. The Maybach, on the other hand, has two or three times the fruit, layers, nuance and balance on the second day. It had pretty much none of this on day one.
So, day one score for the Amoenus was a 90-91. Day two: 95.
Wait on this one. For a year or two, of for a day or two after opening.
Just a postscript comparing his Amoenus to the Materium. The Materium is our favorite wine of all wines, for nearly a decade now, and we find it to be in a league of its own. The Amoenus is a very good wine, but the Materium is a singular wine. They come from two different single vineyards, so this makes sense.
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4/22/2017 - BigTex22 Likes this wine: 95 Points
First Maybach we've ever had and it lives up to the hype. Powerful fruit, tannic beast. Hints of cedar and no overt oak. This wine will easily go 10+ years. If drinking young, recommend long decant. Outstanding.
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11/26/2016 - shadow wrote: 96 Points
Nose is grocery store fruit display.
First sip, Fruit kicking the tanins down, little spice.
Easy to sip and enjoy, flavors fade leaving a warm palate.
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8/27/2016 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 95 Points
Our last bottle of the day...stupid move, but we wanted some fruit after a day of 20 and 30 year old "clarets" of "intellectual" flavours and smells. Maybach definitely hit the spot with a dark purple dress, Eau de Massive Fruit on the nose and a truckload of powerful black berries, chocolate and liquorice on the palate. Still barely legal, she was a most excellent, vivacious, full-bodied gal to take us off to bed...sleep, we mean, as we never departed the couch until morning time.
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