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Although not without significant challenges, Napa Valley is enjoying a golden era of vintages. For Mayacamas, the 2019 season sits alongside the benchmark years of 2013 and 2016 and is a more than worthy follow-up to the acclaimed 2018 that preceded it—albeit one that produced wines in a very different style. Conditions were cool overall; in fact, 2019 was the sixth coolest vintage in 20 years. A warm end to summer paved the way for healthy crops of ripe, powerful fruit with perfectly mature tannins, fresh acidity and opulent, supple texture. The smaller berries and higher skin-to-juice ratio than the previous year manifest in a little more energy, power and depth than the 2018 release. The 2019 aged for 20 months in large vessels before 14 months in French barrique and a further two years in bottle.