Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (HS) Red saddle leather

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but most readers will probably prefer to give it a few years of bottle age and consume it over the following 30+ years

There is wet stone and minerality going into a medium plus finish

Tiny quantities of Petit Verdot and Merlot are also added

leading to an undercurrent of charcuterie

Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (HS) Red saddle leatherremoved 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