About Maroon Wines
Maroon Wines is named for the color — maroon, the deep brownish-red that mature Cabernet Sauvignon achieves in the glass, the color that announces age, complexity, and the particular oxidative evolution that great red wine undergoes over years in the cellar. The word comes from the French marron (chestnut) and it describes the specific shade of red that Napa Valley Cabernet aspires to.
The Oakville and Rutherford estate produces Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley's most celebrated benchland vineyard sources with the color-philosophy the name implies — wine that achieves maroon over time, that rewards cellaring rather than immediate consumption, that improves rather than diminishes.
Wine Advocate has scored Maroon's Oakville and Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon at 91–94 points, confirming the color-aspiration produces wine worthy of the patient cellar.