Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (BN) Riesling it's hard not to love

it's hard not to love this wine and the finish is long and rich

and unctuously textured

complex and quite peppery in personality

Bright Yakima cherry tones mingle with Satsuma orange rind

100 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (BN) Riesling it's hard not to lovein 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