Adriana Fabbro

9.2

Hey, Delectable— this is the Visions 2018 North Coast Pinot, but the ID wasn’t available.

Unabashedly ripe and warm, but with a distinctive umami flavor (hoisin sauce?) that I’m really digging. Black cherry, black plum and even blue fruit on the nose and palette. Lovely satiny texture. Medium + finish.

Hedonistic in the way you’d expect from a winemaker mentored by the Wagners, but the suppleness and umami notes make this wine stand out in a sea of north coast Pinot Noir, and the absence of new oak lets the fruit do the taking. Perfect with chicken lettuce wraps and haricot verts smothered in Madeira mushroom cream sauce.

Owner/founder, Mac Macdonald, has been making his own California Pinot Noir for more than 25 vintages now and it shows. Side note: he’s also one of the better story tellers in the biz.

Initially sampled as part of a tasting with the #AAAV (Association of African American Vintners) and took the bottle home.
— 5 years ago

LeMel Humes

9.2

I just opened a 2006 and the nose alone blew me away and congrats Mac & Leslie the owners you guys rock see you soon. #stoneedge — 7 years ago

with Suzanne

Scott Rowe

9.5

Delectable told me I drank this exact wine 4 years straight after it had been bottled.
4 years later and my love was rekindled.
Such a rad and fun Riesling, tickles the senses. — 7 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.1

Named RS10 for the unusual amount of residual sugar for an Australian Riesling. This is a stunning wine that combines the expected Aussie focus on citrus (especially lime) with wekl-balanced acidity and a surprising level of crisp minerality. Ripe and almost opulent, it's a wonderful match for food (I had it with scallop carpaccio with lime zest) — 7 years ago

Eric Alborg

9.0

Give it 5-10 to open up. — 8 years ago

Janna Clark

9.3

Excellent with chocolate!! Very good wine — 9 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

Perfect fruit and earth balance. No heaviness on the palate. The nose is very Loire. — 5 years ago

with Alessandro

Chris England

9.3

My favourite Cotes de Bourg wine & after having the yummy 2010 & 14 recently I wondered if a 19 year old top vintage @ £98 would hold well & yes it sure didly 😉 88 points from Parker 🤣 but not worth it’s hefty price tag 🤑

🐮 Paired w/ Mrs Es Fillet 🥩 mac 🧀 & 🥔 😍 scroll for pics ⏩

📍 Chateau Roc de Cambes 2000

🏵 93 points

🍇 Merlot, Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon

🍷 Deep opaque ruby w/ a think brown edge

👃 Soft alluring smoked oak through damson, mashed black berries & raspberry bathed in damp soggy earth, mineral rocks, hint of cherry, herbs, mocha & dirty liquorice

👄 Med smooth silky body of earthy blackberry, red cherry & raspberry w/ a light tone of blackcurrant, minerals, mocha & a flick of liquorice

🎯 Med earthy ground mocha driven red & black fruit linger w/ a stone mineral linger
— 7 years ago

Nagib Nasr

9.1

One of Mac McDonalds best Pinots. Mouthful, cherry delicious!!! — 7 years ago

with Ted

Amanda H. Bossort

9.0

Amazing Sangiovese- perfect with a Tomahawk for two (and killer Mac and Cheese) — 7 years ago

Robert Shannon

9.2

Mature & full body! — 8 years ago

Brash Higgins

9.3

Laser beam of charddy love — 9 years ago

Chris Tanghe

9.3

Faded color but delicious fruit — 10 years ago

Emily Nitz

9.0

With Mac and cheese — 6 years ago

Joseph Barsky

9.8

2016 Vintage. 14.8% Alcohol. Wow wine even at it’s youth. Big fruit and complexity. Long finish. Best Mac wine yet IMO. — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

8.9

Mac's "experimentation" with residual sugar is always fun to look at. I prefer the RS17 (residual sugar = 17 g/l) a little more, which kinda sits at the Kabinett region. Picked earlier than the RS8, it's quite lovely - precise with good texture. I guess the same can be said of RS8, but I just like the balance of the RS17 a little more. Interesting. — 7 years ago

Thom Demuth

9.0

2016. Smokey Hollow. Old Mission Peninsula. What a very pleasant and enjoyable surprise. This was a light tart and refreshing wine. Light golden color and light citrus aroma. A little sweetness and apple flavor that went very well with an eclectic dinner including ribs with Carolina sauce and red pepper, Pa Dutch sweet & sour Mac salad m, bok choi and kimchee. Tough menu but the wine came through with flying colors. Really very good! — 7 years ago

Chris Clouten

9.0

Tons of acidity, lime and mineralogy. Sweet but not too sweet — 8 years ago

Matt Gafford

10

NYC @ dinner w/IMG after NFL MAC meeting — 9 years ago

Brash Higgins

9.2

Austere almost, light on its feet, bony, but approachable — 9 years ago