Mayo Family Winery
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
California: Napa Valley
Mission Briefing
Pass the Mayo!
Classic Napa Valley, today’s 2007 Mayo Family Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon absolutely astounded our tasting panel. Everyone on the panel went bonkers for this extraordinary wine, leading us issue a very highly recommended rating.
Our Operatives have been buying up 2007 vintage California reds, in record numbers. It is easy to see why; Robert Parker himself issued an ultra-high 96 Point Rating. So far, the 2007s we’ve been tasting are remarkable. The only bad news is that they are beginning to become more scarce. Stock up, while you can.
Today’s wine is a dark, rich, bold and wonderfully balanced wine that fans of big Napa Cabs will just adore!
Tasting Profile
| Look: | Opaque with gorgeous crimson hues. Coloration is evenly concentrated from core to edge. |
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| Smell: | Big and bold with dark fruit and spice that leap from the glass. This wine starts with bold black raspberry, wild strawberry, olallieberry and plum that transitions to eucalyptus, black pepper and tobacco. |
| Taste: | Delicious, concentrated and ripe with dark flavors of blackberry, dewberry, stewed plum and dark black tea leaf tannin. Graphite, black pepper, subtle black olive, subtle mint and cedar follow. |
| Finish: | Ultra long and rich with fruit and earthy spice components that dwindle slowly. Then, something unique happens: flavors seem to snap back for another long, lingering round. |
| Pairing: | Leg of lamb with rosemary and garlic would be an excellent choice. |
What the Winery Says
From the outstanding 2007 vintage, this Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon was produced from grapes grown in two separate vineyards. One, a hillside vineyard, delivered grapes with outstanding tannins and intense fruit characteristics. The second vineyard is located on the floor of the Napa Valley where the grapes were richly flavored with lesser amounts of tannin. The result is a superbly balanced, intensely flavored wine that you’ll recognize as classically Napa. Blackberry and chocolate notes are combined with a kiss of oak over a medium bodied structure.
Wine Specs
Vintage: 2007
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: Napa Valley
Alcohol: 14.4%
About the Winery
Mayo Family Winery produces small lots of single-vineyard wines under the premise that the world’s most interesting and highest quality wines must come from a single-vineyard source that can be expressed in the wines’ aroma, taste and texture. Founded in 1993, the winery has two winemaking facilities in Glen Ellen, California, each fitted and equipped to produce particular types of wines. Mayo Family wines are only sold online or in our tasting room attached to the winery in the town of Glen Ellen and our two other tasting rooms in Sonoma Valley; they are not distributed across the country.