Drinking very well now, still deep color. Licorice, tobacco, spice and earthiness in the nose. Rich, concentrated dark fruits in the flavor, blackcurrant and black cherries. Nice structure, full bodied, nice complexity, well balanced, and a medium to long finish.
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Exceptional. Outstanding. Dark, bold, smooth, lovely rich fruit flavors. 12+ years in my cellar and has aged perfectly. Right up there with the best red wines I have tasted.
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Decanted three hours. This is showing beautifully now with blackcurrant, licorice, mature tannins, soft and full on the palate and medium finish. No reason to hold further but no hurry either.
Initial impression; for having such high end fruit and for being 13 yrs past vintage, the wine was mediocre at best.
Dark red in the glass with no bricking on the edges. Nose is red fruit with some wood notes. Palate is balanced with most the palate in agreement. The wine falls short on the finish, that is average at best. Having drank quite a few wines from this area and vineyard, for the price this was a miss. Not sure more time in the cellar would have produced better results.
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My first Macauley. Decanted and served at cellar temperature. At first some odd notes of green olives and green peppers on the palate along with the deliciousness of To Kalon fruit. After an hour evolved into a beautiful modern Napa Cab, well integrated with hints of stewed tomato, green olive still, and toast. A touch of white pepper on the finish. Very much a crowd pleaser.
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11/10/2022 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking very well now, still deep color. Licorice, tobacco, spice and earthiness in the nose. Rich, concentrated dark fruits in the flavor, blackcurrant and black cherries. Nice structure, full bodied, nice complexity, well balanced, and a medium to long finish.
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1/19/2022 - jeginmt Likes this wine: 97 Points
Exceptional. Outstanding. Dark, bold, smooth, lovely rich fruit flavors. 12+ years in my cellar and has aged perfectly. Right up there with the best red wines I have tasted.
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6/21/2021 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted three hours. This is showing beautifully now with blackcurrant, licorice, mature tannins, soft and full on the palate and medium finish. No reason to hold further but no hurry either.
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12/24/2018 - SkeBum wrote: 89 Points
Initial impression; for having such high end fruit and for being 13 yrs past vintage, the wine was mediocre at best.
Dark red in the glass with no bricking on the edges. Nose is red fruit with some wood notes. Palate is balanced with most the palate in agreement. The wine falls short on the finish, that is average at best. Having drank quite a few wines from this area and vineyard, for the price this was a miss. Not sure more time in the cellar would have produced better results.
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10/29/2016 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 93 Points
My first Macauley. Decanted and served at cellar temperature. At first some odd notes of green olives and green peppers on the palate along with the deliciousness of To Kalon fruit. After an hour evolved into a beautiful modern Napa Cab, well integrated with hints of stewed tomato, green olive still, and toast. A touch of white pepper on the finish. Very much a crowd pleaser.
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