Sourced from the Weitz Vineyard in the hills of eastern Oakville, Maybach's 2021 Materium Cabernet Sauvignon is a near-perfect rendering of the variety and place. Intense aromas of cassis and black cherries waft from the glass, while in the mouth, the wine is full-bodied, rich and concentrated, without being heavy. Focused, long and mouthwatering, with a finish lined by soft, plush tannins, this is the real deal from consultant Thomas Rivers Brown. (JC)

From a single hillside block on the Materium Weitz Vineyard, a site on the eastern end of the Oakville AVA. Aged in Darnajou, Taransaud, and Ramon French oak. Its super-aromatic nose tempts with pure blackberry fruits, sagebrush, candied orange peel, and toasty cedarwood. On the palate, this red has a linear quality fueled by intense, racy, and expressive acidity interlaced with ripe, focused black cherry, blackberry, and spiced plums. A tapestry of very smooth tannins weaves itself around the succulent fruit. It segues into an intensely long finish of earth and graphite-like minerality, with pops of bright blue and purple florals and a serious saline minerality. (JC)