92 John Gilman - View from the Cellar

""The new release of the Ployez-Jacquemart non-vintage Brut is outstanding on both the nose and palate. The blend is made up of sixty percent pinot noir and pinot meunier, combined with forty percent chardonnay. The bouquet is deep, quite marked by its red grape components and beautifully complex, as it jumps from the glass in a blaze of ripe apple, blood orange, fresh-baked bread, caraway seed, citrus peel and a very complex base of minerality. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and snappy, with a great core of fruit, bright acids, great focus, very fine mousse and exceptional grip on the very long, minerally and intensely flavored finish. There is a depth and flavor authority here that is most rare in Brut NVs, and as good as this wine is today, it will only get better if cellared for a few years. Superb bubbly."

92 Wine Spectator

Smoky, with overtones of toasted brioche and nut mixing with flavors of ripe peach, fresh quince, lemon pound cake and candied orange zest. With firm acidity and a core of minerality, this is distinctive, with a long, mouthwatering finish. Disgorged April 2012. Drink now through 2018. 500 cases imported. –AN

91 Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier - CamDouglasMS.com

Pungent and varietal, fruity and lively with scents of lime and grapefruit then apple. There’s light green herb quality along with a seam of tropical fruits. Super crisp, salivating, fresh and dry with flavours of citrus and pomaceous fruits, some tropical pineapple then wet cold pebbles mineral ideas. Youthful and taut with a backbone of acidity. Best drinking from late 2027 through 2033+

92 Wine Enthusiast

While the wine is currently dry and dominated by tannins, it has just the right weight of fruit in the background. It needs time for fruit and wood aging to come together in the wine's potential richness. Drink from 2025.

99-100 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

The 2023 Maya brings the same intensity as the Cabernet Sauvignon, yet with another sense of elegance, offering notes of cassis, black cherries, graphite, crushed stone, and chalky minerality. Based on 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Cabernet Franc and aging 23 months in 80% new French oak, it's full-bodied and beautifully balanced with no hard edges and ultra-fine tannins. This is a heavenly, layered, gorgeous wine that has perfection written all over it.

100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Palate

The deep garnet-purple colored 2023 Maya is composed of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Cabernet Franc. It needs a lot of swirling and shaking to wake up notes of crème de cassis, boysenberry preserves, and black raspberries, leading to hints of violets, red roses, and crushed rocks, with a waft of underbrush. The full-bodied palate vibrates with pure energy—densely packed black and red fruit layers with floral and mineral sparks, framed by very firm, fine-grained tannins and fantastic tension, finishing long and shimmery. Stunning!

99 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

The aromatics are really something. Lavender, violet, white rose, red cherry and red fruit aromas follow through to a medium body with fine, firm tannins that run the length of the wine and give energy and drive all the way to the end. A hint of cedar in the finish, with fine austerity and lightly toasted oak. A work of art in purity and finesse. 67% cabernet sauvignon and 33% cabernet franc. Drink in two or three years.

99 Joe Czerwinski - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2023 Maya is two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon and one-third Cabernet Franc, matured in 75% new French oak, with a tiny proportion kept in amphora. It starts off gently leafy and floral, then builds to a crescendo of dark fruit—black cherries, blackberries and cassis—with hints of cedar and vanilla. Medium- to full-bodied, it's concentrated and rich without any sense of weightiness, instead showing great length and freshness, culminating in a long, velvety and mouthwatering finish. Am I being stingy? Set up a comparison of this and the 2021 and let's see...

98 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2023 Maya is, without question, one of the wines of the vintage. What a wine. Silky, aromatic and exceptionally finessed, the 2023 is a drop-dead gorgeous beauty. I have never tasted a young Maya with this much textural finesse and sheer polish. Floral Franc overtones open first, followed by crushed red-toned fruit, mocha, cinnamon, cedar and new leather. All the elements are so well balanced.

93 Wine Enthusiast

This Cabernet Sauvignon, with the extra oomph of Petit Verdot, showcases dark fruits, sweet ripe blackberries, spices, and resinous forest notes followed by a savory finish. Tannins are abundant while sheathed in a fine polish. Even so, this wine will benefit from decanting, a meal, or further time in cellar. Enjoy in two years and for another two decades.

94 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

The 2023 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast is a medium ruby color and is fresh on the nose with notes of lifted spice, compact red berries, Bing cherries, roses, and sweet herbs. The palate is medium-bodied, with a polished and fine texture, a silky feel, and clean elegance through the finish. It’s a lovely and charming Pinot Noir with a lot of finesse to drink over the coming 8-10 years.

90 Wine Enthusiast

The nose opens umami, sanguine and earthy, with damp soil, pepper and mixed wild herbs, then presents sweet, tiny wild berries crushed underfoot. The palate first leans into the fruit, with sweet, ripe blackberries and blueberries, before finishing off with earth and pepper.

90 Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The red 2022 Rafael Tinto has notes of tomato vine, sweet spices and berry jam. Produced with a blend of 40% Alicante Bouschet, 30% Aragonez, 20% Trincadeira and 10% Castelão, it was foot trodden in lagar, went through malolactic and had one year of élevage in 5,000-liter oak vats and used French barriques. It comes in at 14% alcohol and is fruit-driven, with a juicy and chewy palate and abundant tannins. It is bright and chewy.

94 Wine Enthusiast

This would be a superb wine at three times the price, offering far more in flavor, texture and stability than most anything in its price class. Deep aromas of blackberry, peppercorn, woodspice and oregano lead from the nose into a rich palate that's lush but bone dry. FLavors of blue and red fruit are dusted in espresso and baking spice, finishing on a chocolate note.

92 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Vivid, round and juicy, with lemons, limes, fresh herbs and some mild spices on the nose, following through to a medium body with fresh acidity. Lively and succulent, with a delicious finish packed with limes. Drink now. Screw cap.

93 Wine Spectator

A dense version, offering cherry, black currant, floral and mineral aromas and flavors. Delivering tannins that mesh well with the fleshy character, this remains balanced and persistent. The long finish echoes the fruit. Best from 2026 through 2042.

95 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

A gentle and elegant wine with aromas of spices, milk chocolate, vanilla, milk, mint, graphite and dark fruit. Silky and velvety on the palate, with ripe tannins, crisp acidity, a full body, clove flavors and amazing complexity. Drink or hold.

95 Falstaff Magazine

Dark, deep ruby red colour with a core. The nose opens delicately and discreetly with black cherry, sugared notes, later clearly blood orange, very elegant. The palate opens wide, emphasising the fruit, with a strong palate drive, striking and clear. Very well integrated tannins guarantee a good drinking flow. Retronasal mocha and cocoa flavours. Long-lasting finish with a fine tannin structure.