2012 Maybach Family Cabernet Sauvignon Materium Weitz Vineyard
UNITED STATES / CALIFORNIA / NAPA
- 98 WA
- 95 WS
- 95 IWC
- Variety
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Wine Spectator | Rating: 95
A beauty, rich and pure in flavor, structured by firm tannins and acidity and showing a tight focus to the dusty, mineral-tinged dark berry, plum and currant flavors. Ends with fine-grained tannins. A good candidate for cellaring. Drink now through 2028. 595 cases made.Drink Dates: 2015-2028Author: James LaubeWine Advocate | Rating: 98
From the red soils near Dalla Valle in the eastern part of the Oakville Corridor, the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Materium is a killer wine. It possesses a striking, intense, rocky minerality, an opaque purple color, and deep, beautiful aromas of camphor, spring flowers, blueberries and black raspberry fruit. There is a cool climate character (even though this is not a cool climate viticultural area) as well as superb richness, a full-bodied mouthfeel, great delineation and a mindboggling finish that lasts nearly a full minute. This outrageous Cabernet Sauvignon can be drunk now and over the next 25 years.Drink Dates: 2014-2039Author: Robert ParkerInternational Wine Cellar | Rating: 95
Medium ruby-red. Perfumed aromas of cassis, blueberry, licorice and violet show a lightly exotic character. Silky-sweet and creamy on the palate, but with lovely harmonious acidity enlivening and framing the dark fruit flavors. Suave tannins saturate the finish on the intense, long, pliant back end. This compellingly rich cabernet will merit a rating at the top end of my projected range if it develops more complexity during its final months in barrel. This estate did not bottle any 2011s owing to a high percentage of underripe and rotten grapes, electing instead to sell off the vintage in bulk.Author: Stephen TanzerIssue: May/June 2014
Self | Rating:
he 2012 Materium embodies the best qualities of the 2012 vintage, the Oakville AVA and a mountain soil profile that all combine for a deeply layered, rich wine. Aromas of cedar bark, bacon, blackberries and white flowers swell out of the glass. On the palate, the experience takes a turn towards a brooding, complex mix of brambly black fruit, spiced plum, sweet tobacco and chinese medicinal herbs. These flavors are harmoniously integrated from front to back all framed with a structured set of tannins. Coupled with a completely opaque, purple-black core and the overall dense nature of this wine, it leads me to believe that we're just really scratching the surface of its full potential. -Thomas BrownAuthor: SamTSelf | Rating: 96
Wonderful right out of the bottle and went great with our chicken scallopini! Elegant, refined, and polished. A bit on the sweet side, however. A beautiful ruby color.Author: Todd7
Collector Data For This Wine
- 351 bottles owned
- 65 collectors
- Average collector rating: 96
(Out of 65 collectors)