Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (BN) Riesling complex and quite peppery in

complex and quite peppery in personality

it has enough tannins to warrant 2-4 years of bottle age and will keep for 4-5 decades

and Black Malvoisie (2%)

90 James Suckling

Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (BN) Riesling complex and quite peppery inin 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