Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

More like great White BDX than Napa — 6 years ago

Rob Marini

9.5

High acid and food friendly, soft chewy tannins with a classic red fruit and green pepper personality. — 7 years ago

Jen El

9.2

Had at mayacamas with AJ and anna — 7 years ago

Sarah Stierch

Food & Wine Editor Sonoma Valley Sun

8.9

To the cellar it will go. Big wine. — 8 years ago

Matthew Beckman

9.4

Bravo Cali!!! Along with Mayacamas cab and Apples, pears and Carmel notes. Great acidity remaining. — 8 years ago

Jimmy Hayes

Estate Director Mayacamas Vineyard

9.4

1995. Thanks to the Togni family for bringing this to dinner at Mayacamas tonight. Full and luscious fruit hung on a serious structure - Spring Mountain all the way. Red currant, bay, sweet blackberry bramble. Love. #napa — 9 years ago

Michael Kvasnicka

9.5

Well that's amazing. — 9 years ago

G G

9.9

My grandfather bought this when it was released... Note the price tag $10.50! — 11 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Industrialist James D. Zellerbach acquired the 200 acre Hanzell estate on the Mayacamas slopes above the town of Sonoma in 1948, and in 1952 he planted 2 acres of Pinot Noir and 4 acres of Chardonnay on the site. Aromas of red fruits and floral scents. On the palate cherry and sweet citrus with cacao and oak notes. Smooth tannins, lingering, with great balance ending with earthy mineral tones. Something Special. — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.6

What a wine!!! Mayacamas fruit, at 2640 elevation. 275 case offering. Poured a purple color in the glass with a dense youthful blackberry pie nose. The entry shows youthful chalkiness. Dense and thick. Beautiful now, expressing rather early on the palate but probably more of my kind of wine in a couple of years when this wine integrates a bit more. Finishes with lighter black pepper (provoked with pot roast). Youthful oak barrel tannin. QUITE enjoyable. QPR is quite nice as I don't think this one was north of 50 bucks. — 7 years ago

Devin Bostick

8.9

Easy drinking, light-medium body, weird cherry taste and bite around center of sip, sweetness, low tannin kind of tarragony. — 8 years ago

Christine Havens

9.2

Cloud's Nest Vineyard, as the name suggests is perched 1,500 feet above sea level in the Mayacamas mountain range. Gravelly soils further limit the vines' growth and the aromatics are striking. Earth and forest floor, wild mushrooms, underbrush, warm leather and soy. The palate echoes this high-altitude Cab's woodsy aromatics, with a medium-bodied countenance and a nimble vein of acidity that amplifies black cherries and cedar, and on the finish dried sage and anise. 14.2% ABV | Sample
— 8 years ago

Scott Barber

Wine Educator Meadowood Napa Valley

9.3

Eastside / Westside '05 showdown. Mayacamas vs. Vacas. — 9 years ago

W Jack Plants II

9.5

A very sophisticated and rare Cabernet for California. 80% Cab Sauv, 8% Malbec, 8% Petit Verdot & 4% Cab Franc. This is a wine to study while you drink it. — 9 years ago

Punky Mahle

9.7

Vertical tasting - lived this multi vintage Gamay and the Merlot was a lovely surprise! — 11 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

This is an elegant, feminine beauty. It's a back to back night of 2003. On the nose, liqueured black cherries, cherries, poached strawberries, warm, slightly chard toast, anise, black cherry licorice, baking spices and dark fresh & dry florals. The mouthfeel is resolved, rich and elegant. Fruits of; black cherries, cherries, poached strawberries, a blend of black raspberries & raspberries. Bright vanillin, cinnamon, medium spice, toast, bright red florals, violets, dark & milk chocolate, rich, moist loamy soils, touch of crushed rocks, delicate volcanic minerals, mouthwatering acidity and a polished, rich finish that lasts & lasts. This is somewhere around it's peak. It's incredibly delicious! Photos of; their beautiful vineyards, amazing Italian style villa estate and front entrance. Producer history and notes...Blankiet was started by Claude & Katherine Blankiet in 1996 with 46 acres ranging over several volcanic hills above the town of Yountville. I believe Claude made his first big money as the creator of Stone Washed Jeans. David Abreu was hired to develop the land and Helen Turley made their first eight vintages. The winery is connected to a deep underground network of caves and were designed by architect John Lail. Blankiet’s current winemaker is Bordelais Denis Malbec, the former cellar master at Chateau Latour. Blankiet is located in the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains. Their Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot are planted in volcanic soils while the Merlot is planted in gravelly-clay alluvial soils. Blankiet has great Terrior locations and have spared no expense in their winemaking facilities. If you haven't had their wines, they are definitely worth acquiring. — 7 years ago

Ryan M

9.2

Mayacamas and Chinese food - yes! Very red, not inky, needed about an hour to open up. @tricyclewine — 8 years ago

Josh Weinstein

9.2

Solid wine thru and thru. Better with an 2 hours decanting — 8 years ago

with Kristen

Bill Bender

9.5

I came for dessert and I'm so thankful I did. This is a tremendously vibrant and exhilarating wine. Honeyed fruit and kumquat. Late late WOTN. — 9 years ago

with romo, Max and 1 other

Tegan Passalacqua

Winemaker Turley Wine Cellars, Sandlands; Founder Historic Vineyard Society

10

Mount Veeder Zinfandel.
I really wish Mayacammas would continue the tradition of amazing mountain Zinfandel from the southern tip of the Mayacamas.

— 9 years ago