2021 Maya

Kicks off with bitter black chocolate, touches of aniseed and fennel, intense and muscular, takes a beat before the aromatics begin to overlay the powerful black cherry and damson fruits, but they are here, subtle campfire smoke, cold ash, crushed rose petals and liqourice. Great stuff from winemaker Maya Dalle Valle, consultant winemaker Andy Erickson.
97/100 Jane Anson

(Napa Valley; 60% Cabernet Sauvignon; 40% Cabernet Franc; 15% alcohol). Lovely. Open and expressive, dynamic, lithe and vertical aromatically, with the leafy Cabernet Franc notes rising through the Cabernet Sauvignon frame. Stamens and saffron. Pollen. Lilac. Rose. A bulbier note too. Freshly grated beetroot! Chocolate ganache. Dark berry and stone fruit. Chewy tannins. The alcohol I feel a little on the finish. And the tannins are a tad dry. But this is unmistakably impressive, balanced, layered and harmonious. It will make a great bottle in a decade or two. Quite ferrous in its minerality. Cassis with aeration.
98/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

The 2021 Maya, 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Cabernet Franc, is deep garnet-purple in color. It sails out with graceful notes of violets, fresh blackberries, and blackcurrant pastilles giving way to wafts of pencil shavings and underbrush. The full-bodied palate is an exercise in elegance, with fine-grained tannins and a lively backbone, finishing long and fragrant.
99/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent