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| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
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| Vintage | 2019 |
| Rating | 97 WS |
| Bottle Size | 750 ml |
| Bottle Quantity | 1 |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Location | North Coast |
| Producer | MacDonald |
| Color | Red |
| Wine Type | Table |
| Robert Parker |
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| Wine Spectator | 97 WS - Gorgeous bay leaf, alder smoke and warmed black currant confiture aromas and flavors take the lead, but it’s a close race with waves of warm stone, freshly plowed loam, singed tobacco and savory accents joining in. This has muscle, definition and drive, with a cast iron note adding a growl of terroir through the finish. |
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| Burghound |
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| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Rating | 97 WS |
| Barrels |
French Oak |
| Style |
Cabernet |
| Owners |
Alex & Graeme Macdonald & Family |
| Region | North Coast |
| Location | Oakville |
| Producer | MacDonald Vineyards |
| Winemaker |
Graeme MacDonald |
| Production |
500 cases (approx) |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Rating | 99 WS |
| Bottle Size | 750 ml |
| Bottle Quantity | 1 |
| Country | USA |
| Region | North Coast |
| Location | Oakville |
| Producer | MacDonald Vineyards |
| Color | Red |
| Wine Type | Table |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Rating | 99 WS |
| Barrels |
French Oak |
| Style |
Cabernet |
| Owners |
Alex & Graeme Macdonald & Family |
| Region | North Coast |
| Location | Oakville |
| Producer | MacDonald Vineyards |
| Winemaker |
Graeme MacDonald |
| Production |
525 cases |
| Robert Parker Rating | 98+ RP - MacDonald's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon offers up what its devotees have come to expect from previous vintages. Compelling scents of black cherries, loamy earth and dried spices (cinnamon, clove, allspice) are on the nose. The palate is medium to full-bodied, coiled, tight and poised, with a texture somewhere between silk and velvet. It's concentrated, long and has a savory finish, with hints of anise and dark chocolate. This definitely needs time, with the potential to reach perfection in the future. |
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| Antonio Galloni Rating | AG - The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is dense and potent but also quite structured. Dark fruit, plum, graphite, incense, licorice and lavender are some of the many notes that grace the 2021. Silky, plush red cherry, mocha, rose petal and spice unfurl with time in the glass. This a decidedly mid-weight wine with firm, chalky tannins. Graeme MacDonald backed off extractions a bit in 2021, which suggests a drive towards greater freshness. This is also the first vintage made at the Mending Wall facility, which is quite a bit less cramped than at Kongsgaard, where all the previous wines were made. The 2021 saw 38 days on skins and 22 months in barrel. It is an absolutely gorgeous wine, but it is also more reticent than most vintages at this stage. |
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| Wine Spectator Rating | 99 WS - This seamless, driven, coiled red manages to marry lush notes of black currant, blackberry and fig reduction with burlier accents of walnut, tobacco and warm gravel. Shows an undeniable inner tension but needs considerable time to unfurl. Just when you think you've got this figured out, a bolt of cast iron emerges, adding a vibrato echo of terroir that stamps the superlong finish. This is a special wine. |
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