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Cabernet Sauvignon · Oakville
97+ points from Robert Parker, and only 345 cases made.
“97+ RP Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon leaps from the glass with exuberant wild blueberry, black plums and cassis scents backed up by suggestions of mocha, tilled soil, menthol, smoked meats, yeast extract and star anise. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is packed with layers of black and blue fruits and an amazing array of spicy sparks, supported by a firm frame of ripe, grainy tannins and fantastic freshness, finishing long and minerally.”
“MacDonald's 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is simply gorgeous. Rich, sumptuous and beautifully layered, MacDonald's 2015 is one of the wines of the vintage. Even with all of its natural intensity and exuberance, the 2015 retains terrific freshness and lift. Silky tannins and generous inky red/purplish To Kalon fruit give the 2015 much of its undeniable appeal. Simply put, the 2015 is a wine with tremendous potential, especially if it gains volume in bottle, as I think it will. The 2015 will be virtually impossible to resist in its youth, but readers who can put a few bottles away will be thrilled. This is a very restrained and elegant wine within the context of both the vintage and To Kalon. In 2015, the MacDonald brothers left as much leaf cover as they could in the vineyard in order to protect the fruit as much as possible.”
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MacDonald Vineyards
2015 Cabernet Sauvignon, OakvilleMacDonald 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.
One bottle, 750 ml, of the 2015 vintage.
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Winemaker Graeme MacDonald, at MacDonald Vineyards, owned by Alex & Graeme Macdonald & Family.
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