2013 MacDonald Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 96.8 points

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  8/25/2023 - Neras Likes this wine: 98 Points

  I rarely decent..but this I opened an hour before drinking. Dark red. Dense. Does not give much on the nose, probably due to my impatience. Wild on the palate. Lots of dark berries, nice acidity, strong tannins. Balanced, but also very young - at 10 years! Sipping through the night and discovering further nuances. Next bottle in 10 years, and the last one in 2043 - this is for the long run!! Incredible!

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  8/9/2023 - gharter Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Needs a serous decant. Decanted 4 hours and more would not have hurt. A beautiful wine. Opens with perfume with blackberry, anise, violets and minerals. Full bodied, but not heavy or over ripe. Loaded with layers of flavor. Black and blue fruits, violets, anise, leather, earth. Grippy and chewy tannins, not harch, in a very long finish. Has years of life ahead of it.

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  12/31/2021 - PJHaveron Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Powerful with many layers of dark fruit, earthy notes and an excellent finish. Yet, it felt restrained to a degree and should benefit from more years of cellaring. May have also benefitted from a longer decant - consumed at 2-3+ hours. An outstanding wine right now to be sure.

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  10/20/2021 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  MACDONALD Vertical Dinner (Saga): A lot bigger than the '11 served right before it. More tannins but they are very fine. Lots of the dark fruits. It starts to settle with some time in the glass, but there's a lot of power there. Good to check in, but needs a lot more time.

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  10/17/2021 - napajournal Likes this wine: 100 Points

  Holy blackberry, Batman! I’ve had the privilege of tasting every MacDonald Cabernet Sauvignon since its first commercial release in 2010 and the 2013s, 16s and 18s are absolute showstoppers. This 2013 is voluptuous and feels like your favorite winter scarf. It warmly wraps the tongue with a comforting texture. The powerful yet graceful wine provides the signature tastes of the MacDonald family’s cherished To-Kalon Creek area with violets, graphite, river rocks and ripe black and blue fruit. Serious energy and complexity with decades of excellent tasting experiences ahead. We drank this wine after 8 hours of air and it earned wine-of-the-night praises against an all-star line-up.

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