Yellow gold in color with slight green hues, clear and bright. The nose is nice. Some lemons, slightly "sweaty" with a but of earthines. Full bodied. Good balance. On the palate, this is cleaner than the nose. Lemon drop candy with a nice texture. Some char/smoke. Turn tart (in a good way on the finish). This is nice on its own and will work well with many foods. A nice choice would be grilled veggies. Drink over the next few years.
There are lots of reviews for Maybach Cabs on this site, but not as many for other varietals so it was nice to get a chance to enjoy this Chardonnay. At age 5, this is still young, but showing a bit of maturity and very enjoyable. Golden in color with slight green hues, clear and bright. On the nose, this is a big wine. Lots of red apples, some grapefruit, with lots of vanilla and oak and some floral notes. Full bodied. On the palate, this has a great, viscous texture. Flavors of lemons, lemon candy and baking spice. Good acidity. Long finish. If you like oak, this is your wine, b
This wine took a long time to open up and was still improving four hours later when retasted at the end of the night. The first impression score was maybe a 90 and eventually it got up to 99. Really impressive but if opening, give it air or time. Medium deep golden in color. The nose has oak, vanilla and lemon. With air a metallic not comes and goes. Then a buttery quality which stays although moves more into the background. Eventually, some orange citrus and floral notes with a great underlying minerality. The palate also goes thru a wild ride starting off tight and oak driven, the
