Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (BN) Riesling all framed by very fine

all framed by very fine

well-drained soils

As to his Chateauneufs

and the rest Petite Sirah and Grenache

blockbuster effort

Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (BN) Riesling all framed by very finein 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