Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (BN) Tuscany and eloquent clarity

and eloquent clarity

(RP) (6/2008)

flowers and sandalwood on the nose

The wine is named after Michael’s daughter

Another compelling

Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (BN) Tuscany and eloquent clarityin Original Carton; Base neck 92 points John Gilman . . . . the Mayacamas 83 is excellent. At age twenty four the bouquet is quite Pichon Lalande like, as it offers up notes of sweet cassis, tobacco, coffee, bell pepper, earth and cigar smoke. On the palate the wine is medium full, poised and complex, with lovely focus and purity and a long, tangy and highly polished finish . . . . it lacks for nothing in its more understated and intensely flavored