Macdonald, Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_italy fresher and more elegant style

fresher and more elegant style that is impossible not to like

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The sleeker and finer yet still highly seductive

The 2018 Les Champs Libres is more backward than the 2017

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Macdonald, Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_italy fresher and more elegant styleThe 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon from MacDonald is an absolute delight. Aromatic, lifted and finessed, the 2014 is also an unusual vintage for a wine that is often quite inky and deep. On the other hand, this is aromatic, silky and medium in body, almost Burgundian in feel texturally. Although a lighter wine by Napa Valley standards, the 2014 possesses fine depth. More than anything else, I am so impressed with the wines freshness and overall poise. Rose