2009 Mayacamas Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  1/27/2024 - Michael Hung Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tasted at the estate alongside the 2019 and 2012.
  This may have been one of the favorites as the wine has started to enter into its mature drinking phase. Showing really smooth tannin development as well as the fruit starting to transition into tertiary dried black fruit, this was a rather nice wine to drink alongside its younger brethren. While this has a little of the 2012 issues of the fruit starting to fade (as a result adding more savory elements), the wine disappeared effortlessly amongst all of us. 92-93 today.

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  8/23/2022 - Kmmk Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark purple in colour and opaque. Not an overly fragrant bouquet but nice notes of prunes, red fruits, and leather coming through. Red fruits were more prominent upon first taste - tartness of cranberries and young cherries. Tannins were somewhat soft and mild notes of wood.
  
  Left this to air for about one hour and the wine seemed to come together more but the biggest surprise was when paired with a cast-iron fried chuck eye steak. The wine magically showed depth and structure that weren't evident when drank on its own. Tart red fruits became darker and felt more ripe. The acidity levelled off to cleanse the palate of the oily meat and was just the perfect weight so as not to lose to, or overpower the steak. Medium-long finish left a very nice impression making you want to go back for more. I love the low 13% ABV and wish more Napa producers would/could do the same.
  
  The wine is in a nice place now but will hold for at least another 3-5 years or so.

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  3/27/2022 - Maphill01 Likes this wine:

  PNP. Restaurant purchase. Clean cork. Blackberry, cassis, tobacco, leather. Classically built mountain cab, nice acidity and structure, 13 3/4% ABV. Drinking well in a youthful way, this should develop for another 10 years and hold for another decade+.

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  6/18/2021 - Daniel___Walsh Likes this wine: 92 Points

  My first Mayacamas.
  
  Decanted for about an hour.

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  12/1/2019 - Not647f wrote:

  This was just still too young, kind of kicking myself for not either decanting earlier or waiting. But the Hairy Handed Gents (my new name for the crew) came over and we were obliged to open lots of interesting things. Still lots of acid and tannin to preserve this for the long haul, so if you have them, don't make the mistake I did. Wait. Wait a long time. There lots of good fruit underlying it, and it's going to develop those amazing secondaries of leather, chocolate, old suitcase lining, and still have lots of enjoyable blackberries, currants, etc. Really wish I had another, but this is really at the highest end of what I will pay, so... I cannot imagine the current ownership will make wines like this anymore, just requires too much patience.

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