2016 Mayacamas Vineyards Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 92 points

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  3/16/2024 - Portland Seth Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Nice wood, nice fruit, pretty aromatics, but lacks mid-palate density. Parchment, boysenberry, cedar, lilies, subtle vanilla, red licorice, black pepper. A pretty wine that improved with air but a little watery. Lovely nose, sneaky tannins on the back end. Followed a $14 Monestrell that drank almost as well.

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  1/20/2024 - ayalao3 wrote: 95 Points

  Faithful to the mayacamas style, light amd fresh red fruits, can sense the winemaking here. Really good wine.

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  6/28/2023 - Scottwhipp Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Plum, red currant and milk chocolate on the nose and palate. Moderately tart on the finish. Meh…

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  5/1/2023 - Torchy wrote: 88 Points

  Powerful and refined wine with a deep dark blue-red color. Its aroma features notes of freshly waxed furniture, deep dark fruit, chocolate, and delicate florals. On the palate, the wine initially presents some youthful edginess, but this is balanced by subtle flavors of blackberry and plum, alongside a noticeable oakiness. Rather tight, and youthful. The finish is shorter than ideal.

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  4/9/2023 - Bob23 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Still young - needed an hour of air to open, and is pulsing with acidity even after that air. Curious to see where this goes in the next 5 years.

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