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Red
2012 MacDonald Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Oakville
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Community Tasting Notes 29
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S1 Likes this wine:
November 5, 2022 - Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Drinking well, but still so young. Floral bouquet with cassis, cherry and minty herbs. Napa richness but with elegance and restraint.
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MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
November 5, 2022 - Charleston VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Charleston, SC (various locations)): This is going to be a truly awesome wine one day and I really look forward to that. In the interim it's still a baby. All of the right stuffing. Just needs time. A treat to get to see the development though.
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Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 97 points
April 25, 2022 - Had with the 14...both wines were drinking AMAZING...the absolute perfect rich extraction sweetness to dryness wines made in Napa. Just pure crushed dark liqueured berry fruits...creme de cassis and rich soiled earth...expressive bouquet of violets and white flower florals...smoked cherrywood, black olive...again, like the 14, the perfect graphite dryness to the sweet rich fruit...yet SO silky and elegant...the complexities are endless and intoxicating. The extra age on the 12 has it in one less gear than the 14...in more integration mode with restraint...but brilliant none the less. Just gorgeous!
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Neras Likes this wine: 96 points
February 26, 2022 - Opened two hours before drinking and put into a decanter shortly before drinking. Certainly approachable, but still very young. Concentrated with lots of muscles. Dark berries, black pepper, burned oak. Perfectly balanced with restrained acidity and gentle tannins. Great.
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iamandyc Likes this wine:
December 26, 2021 - NR Never reached what I know it can become as it struggled to open on Xmas eve and was very nice on 2nd day but then fell apart. I know it can be amazing but I have been cursed when it comes to serving this vintage. Glad to see all the great notes on this vintage. Luckily a Maxem and Carter OG saved the day!
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By Antonio Galloni
2013 Napa Valley: Once Upon a Time in America… (Oct 2015), 10/1/2015 (link)(Macdonald Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
New Releases from Napa Valley: 2012 and 2013 (Dec 2014), 10/1/2014 (link)(Macdonald Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville) Subscribe to see review text.
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By William Kelley
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer MacDonald
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Oakville
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 433 (67%)
- Consumed 215 (33%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerMacDonald
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationOakville
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