Wine Doctrine
2019

MacDonald Cabernet Sauvignon

Tasted 25 April 2024 Napa Valley · Oakville

I guess I'll just have to keep giving this wine 100 points. I've had the privilege of tapping this wine a number of times now, and every time it just kills it. This time, its prowess was tested against some of the…

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2020

MacDonald Cabernet Sauvignon

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Whaaaaat?! If this was blind (and in retrospect I wish it would have been just to put a double period of confidence on the end of this sentence), I would've called this out as not just a stronger…

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