Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (HS) Bordeaux Rouge Clarendon Hills’ 2004 Syrah Astralis

Clarendon Hills’ 2004 Syrah Astralis is fashioned from vines planted in 1920

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crushed violets

including the wines Mondavi was making at the time

It’s full-bodied with fine tannins

Mayacamas, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder, Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (HS) Bordeaux Rouge Clarendon Hills’ 2004 Syrah Astralisremoved 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