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Jeb Dunnuck
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2019 Maybach Family Vineyards Materium Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, California, USA
FIFTEENTH RELEASE of Maybach Materium, sourced from a single block of Weitz Vineyard, 1000 feet above the Silverado Trail on the eastern hillside of Oakville. The vines here struggle to grow in shallow soil among boulders and stones, resulting in a deeply concentrated, elegantly textured Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
Another spectacular example of varietal and site in the 2019 Materium. Year after year, this dramatic mountaintop vineyard block in the eastern Oakville hills produces an iconic Cabernet Sauvignon of the highest order. The wine possesses a decadent purple-red color in the glass. Sultry aromas emerge in waves, suggesting notes of licorice, star anise, cedar, and forest floor.
The luxurious palate delves even deeper, with interwoven notes of kirsch, macerated blackberry, oolong tea, dark chocolate shavings and lavender. This wine delivers a seamless trajectory, remarkable precision, depth, power and endless enjoyment for serious wine collectors and aficionados.
While still young, the 2019 Materium is drinking well today, but the patient will be rewarded with experiencing how this iconic wine develops over the decades.
— Thomas Brown, Winemaker
Weitz Vineyard, Oakville
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
416 cases produced