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2015

MacDonald Cabernet Sauvignon

Tasted 7 December 2019 Napa Valley · Oakville

The 2015 was similar to the 2013 in many ways, except that the 2015 took a bit longer to shed some of its frame and allow the fruit to come forward. It was highly mineral-driven and the least expressive upon initial…

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