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2017 MacDonald Vineyards To-Kalon Cabernet - 750ml
2017 MacDonald Vineyards To-Kalon Cabernet - 750ml

2017 MacDonald Vineyards To-Kalon Cabernet - 750ml

$795.00
2017 MacDonald Vineyards To-Kalon Cabernet - 95+ pts!
MacDonald To-Kalon Cabernet MacDonald is a collaboration between brothers Alex and Graeme MacDonald. And though the label is new, their debut vintage was a 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon & their family roots in Napa go back to 1954. That was the year their great-grandparents bought a modest retirement property in Oakville that came with a vineyard called To-Kalon. After replanting the vineyard, the couple started selling grapes to Robert Mondavi, who used them first for his family's Charles Krug wines, then for his own Robert Mondavi label.

 

Today To-Kalon is considered one of the most outstanding terroirs in Napa Valley, and many of Napa's most prestigious wines used grapes sourced from To-Kalon. The first vintages of MacDonald received highly complimentary reviews. Vinous wrote this about the 2010: in this vintage, the first commercial release, brothers Alex and Graeme MacDonald made a wine that has no problem sitting alongside Napa Valley's long established stars. This is a fabulous showing.

Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2017
Rating 95+ RP
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country USA
Region California
Location North Coast
Producer MacDonald
Color Red
Wine Type Table

Robert Parker

 95+ RP  - The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep garnet-purple color. Only bottled a couple of months ago, it starts out a little broody and subdued, with coaxing earthy nuances emerge of truffles, tilled soil, underbrush and charcoal over a core of baked blackberries, plum preserves, crème de cassis and tapenade with touches of cardamom and Indian spices. Full-bodied, the palate delivers a compellingly chewy, hedonic experience of black fruit preserves and background freshness, finishing long with tons of earthy sparks.
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Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2017
Rating 95+ RP
Barrels
 French Oak 
Style
 Cabernet 
Owners
 Alex & Graeme Macdonald & Family
Region North Coast
Location Oakville
Producer MacDonald Vineyards
Winemaker
 Graeme MacDonald
Production
 350 cases (approx)
    Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
    Vintage 2017
    Rating 95+ RP
    Bottle Size 750 ml
    Bottle Quantity 1
    Country USA
    Region California
    Location North Coast
    Producer MacDonald
    Color Red
    Wine Type Table
    Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
    Vintage 2017
    Rating 95+ RP
    Barrels
    		 French Oak
    Style
    		 Cabernet
    Owners
    		 Alex & Graeme Macdonald & Family
    Region California
    Location North Coast
    Producer MacDonald
    Winemaker
    		 Graeme MacDonald
    Production
    		 350 cases (approx)
    Robert Parker Rating 95+ RP - The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon has a deep garnet-purple color. Only bottled a couple of months ago, it starts out a little broody and subdued, with coaxing earthy nuances emerge of truffles, tilled soil, underbrush and charcoal over a core of baked blackberries, plum preserves, crème de cassis and tapenade with touches of cardamom and Indian spices. Full-bodied, the palate delivers a compellingly chewy, hedonic experience of black fruit preserves and background freshness, finishing long with tons of earthy sparks.
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    Wine Spectator Rating
    Burghound Rating

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