Macdonald, Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_italy The 2018 Les Champs Libres

The 2018 Les Champs Libres is more backward than the 2017

fresher and more elegant style that is impossible not to like

grapefruit and mineral notes allied to a firm backbone of acidity

There is equally good freshness and excellent tension to the slightly richer if not quite as refined flavors that possess a caressing mid-palate mouthfeel before culminating in a lengthy

Macdonald, Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_italy The 2018 Les Champs LibresThe 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