1976 | Mayacamas | Cabernet Sauvignon

Introduction

Red Wine: 1976 | Mayacamas | Cabernet Sauvignon

The 1976 Mayacamas cabernet is an outstanding example of the vintage, as it offers up a complex and smoky mlange of dried cherries, chipotles, tobacco, stony soil tones, woodsmoke and coffee. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite long, with impressive mid-palate depth, modest tannins and lovely length and grip on the complex finish.

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Producer: Mayacamas

Ratings: JG | 92 V | 97

Vintage: 1976

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: United States, California

The 1976 Mayacamas cabernet is an outstanding example of the vintage, as it offers up a complex and smoky mlange of dried cherries, chipotles, tobacco, stony soil tones, woodsmoke and coffee. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite long, with impressive mid-palate depth, modest tannins and lovely length and grip on the complex finish.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: The 1976 Mayacamas cabernet is an outstanding example of the vintage, as it offers up a complex and smoky mlange of dried cherries, chipotles, tobacco, stony soil tones, woodsmoke and coffee. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite long, with impressive mid-palate depth, modest tannins and lovely length and grip on the complex finish.

• Vinous: Things get back on track with the epic 1976 Cabernet Sauvignon. A huge, structured wine, the 1976 blasts across the palate with massive dark fruit followed by more ferrous notes that recall iron, smoke, tobacco and cedar.

Producer Information

Mayacamas Vineyards is a historic winery located near the summit of the Mount Veeder sub-appellation of Napa Valley. It is one of the region’s most highly regarded producers of classic Cabernet Sauvignon, and is also known for its high quality white wines made from Chardonnay. The stone winery was built in 1889 by John Henry Fisher, a German immigrant and sword engraver who moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Philadelphia. At the same time as establishing a pickle business, he planted Zinfandel vines on the property and made wine by the barrel, shipping it down the Napa River to San Francisco. However, Fisher was forced to sell the winery when his pickle business was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and had to declare bankruptcy. During Prohibition, the new owners sold wine legally to the Church for mass, while also running a bootlegging business on the side. In 1941, the winery was sold to Jack and Mary Taylor, who renamed it “Mayacamas” and replanted the vineyards to Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. It changed hands again in 1968, and the 1971 Cabernet Sauvignon was entered into the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting. It didn’t place, but in a 2006 anniversary tasting it came in second, proving it as one of the most ageworthy wines in the Napa Valley. Mayacamas was purchased in 2013 by Charles and Ali Banks, who had previously been invlolved with Screaming Eagle.