Maya

This is in a great place. Still young, it’s packed with dark fruit, high toned cab franc, with pepper and lovely body fruit. Great stuff and years ahead.

Last week was a combo of 4th Friday and Open That Bottle Night on back to back nights. Needless to say, the lineup between both days was full of heavy hitters, so I’m only posting standout bottles.

This is one of the greatest California wines I’ve ever had, and may be the best aged California wine I’ve ever experienced. This is flat out jaw dropping. In fact, it tied the ‘82 Margaux for WOTN. Seductive floral aromatics with lots of dried flowers, baking spices and lots of herbal notes courtesy of the cab franc. So perfumed. Wonderfully integrated on the palate with supreme balance. Beautifully rich and pure fruit...nothing stewed/overripe or even tired. Mostly on the red and black fruit spectrum, nutmeg, cedar, peppercorn, potpourri, espresso and fresh fig. This is legendary type stuff. Is this at peak?

An exceptional bottle. Dark, fresh, funky and profound. Deep pure fruit with a hint of animal, some dried herb and fresh mint. Complex, seductive but still really deep. Wow stuff. One of the best 759’s I’ve had of this.,

This is an absolutely killer bottle. Deep brooding blue fruit, still fresh and vivid with a bloody undertow and floral notes of violet, soft leather and black cherry. Really luscious but savory. Secondary notes are coming in but there’s no signs of fading fruit and nothing here is forced or confected. As good a US 1990 as I’ve tasted and superior to all but the very best Bordeaux- and with them it’s amongst equals

90 Maya - sublime bottle. Solid as a rock. Generous - cassis, blackberry, olive. Few California wineries I appreciate more.

By request from @DAG @TheSkip and @WC Fields and even the rawwwwrrr 😼 @Kimberly Anderson some vintage '90 Maya for one of my favorite '89s. Nose of latex, gravel and creosote. Inviting resolved tannins and long velvet finish. A touch of oak that surprised but otherwise a sensational full bodied delicious cab franc dominated sexy bitch.

Still showing young after 25 years. Another 10 years easy.

Excellent. Deep, dark and brooding. Lovely acidity, real clarity of fruit. Very savory and young.

Intense dark black currant blueberry fruit. Still deep and intense. So much going on. Hints of tobacco. Gorgeous. Still really young

A deep brooding nose with blue fruit, iron,violet. A real intense cab franc- very inky and cool. Gorgeous fruit, all poised and focused. Can't believe this is 27 years old. Could be 10. Astonishing. Decades ahead and super classy