The 2012 Mayacamas cabernet sauvignon comes in at a cool 13.2 percent octane and offers up a deep and properly reserved bouquet of red and black cherries, tobacco leaf, dark soil tones, cigar ash, a touch of dried...
The 2012 Mayacamas cabernet sauvignon comes in at a cool 13.2 percent octane and offers up a deep and properly reserved bouquet of red and black cherries, tobacco leaf, dark soil tones, cigar ash, a touch of dried eucalyptus, discreet notes of the chipotles to come, cedar and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, focused and nicely structured, with a fine core, excellent soil signature, ripe, well-integrated tannins and excellent length and grip on the youthful finish. This is a classic in the making and will need a good fifteen years of bottle age to start to stir, and should prove to be another very long-lived Mayacamas cabernet. Fine juice.