Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (HS) Burgundy Blanc Smoked meat greets cedar box

Smoked meat greets cedar box aromas on the nose

The grapes from the early harvest provide massive acidity and structure which is then blended with the bulk of the harvest that is picked at optimum ripeness for late-harvest Chenin

following through to a full body with wonderfully seamless

harmonious tannins

Black cherries

Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (HS) Burgundy Blanc Smoked meat greets cedar boxremoved from Original Carton; High Shoulder or better 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