White

Mayacamas Chardonnay (Mount Veeder)

Mayacamas

Mount Veeder · Napa · United States

Fact sheet

Type
White
Grape
Chardonnay
Country
United States
Region
Mount Veeder · Napa
Appellation
Mount Veeder
Body
medium
Acidity
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

frutos do mar · saladas cítricas · frango grelhado · queijos cremosos

Rated vintages

  • 201088 pts

    Lean, dry and minerally, with tart flavors of grapefruit, lemon peel and Asian pear. The acidity is refreshingly crisp. This is a bottling that rarely does well in blind tastings because it's so austere. But it is elegant.

  • 200885 pts

    Tastes old and tired, losing fruit and turning herbal, nutty and earthy, with dried apricot and orange flavors. Interesting from a connoisseur's point of view, but it's hard to tell why Mayacamas held back this wine for so long.

  • 200792 pts

    Offering none of the oaky, fruity richness of popular Chardonnays, this bottle needs to be figured out in a different way. It's super-dry, acidic and minerally, with citrus fruit flavors that seem barely touched by oak. It's a wine of structural integrity, made in the style of a…