This elegant, concentrated wine from a long, cool growing season is restrained, taut and fresh. It will be best with more time in the bottle, but it’s so fascinating now for the racy acidity and the mineral, almond and green apple flavors. It's tangy, medium-bodied, layered and linear in feel, with a texture that's mouthwatering. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2028.
95 points, Jim Gordon, James Suckling (Nov 2024)
The 2024 is overt on the nose, it pops with concentrated Meyer lemon pulp, tangerine, and juicy yellow fruits, marks of the warmer vintage, says winemaker Braiden Albrecht. Juicy fruits on the palate, some tropical fruits and concentrated citrus. It's almost plump compared to the much cooler 2023, picked at least a month earlier in 2024. They pick the fruit with a range of brix from 18.5 to 25, but most of it comes in around 22. It's a non-malo style of Chardonnay, in a majority of neutral barrels for 10-12 months, with about 5% of it being new. They use 500L puncheons and 1000L foudre. This is about the pioneering style of Mayacamas Chardonnay, from the 1960s; it's about freshness and showing these high elevation cool conditions.
94 points, Clive Pursehouse, Decanter (Feb 2026)
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