This McDonald Series cabernet sauvignon is full and weighty. Definitively from New Zealand and definitely for New Zealanders. We may be all the way down here but Christmas is still roast turkey, smoked ham, fruit cake. Yes, we laugh in the face of 30-degree heat for hefty meals. It’s a defining characteristic. Does the truism extend to wine? All we can say is, take this to a barbeque, and let the berries and cocoa, sandalwood and thyme coach you through the sweltering late afternoon. God defend New Zealand.