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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 11/17/2017 & rated 91 points: From a magnum, this lighter styled Schrader was medium bodied, mature and served up its sweet, fresh, bright, dark red cherry and earthy profile, with ease. This is not a wine that needs decanting or further aging. (2550 views) | | | Tasted by tcarter on 11/16/2017 flawed bottle: flawed :(
from magnum (1464 views) | | | Tasted by veniceslug1 on 5/7/2017 & rated 89 points: A good, but not great cab. Dark fruit, hint of veggie. Some tannin still present. Felt a little thin and short to be as good as I would thin a Schrader should be. (1627 views) | | | Tasted by G_H on 1/24/2013 & rated 90 points: Very dense palate, rich and thick but some medicinal notes in the nose throw off the balance. Weirdely enough on the cork the vontage was noted as 1998. ( plus there was also john kongsgaard's name on it) (3393 views) | | | Tasted by mkubow on 1/4/2012 & rated 88 points: Disappointing compared to many of the more recent efforts. On par with other 1999's we opened that evening. Past their prime. (3209 views) | | | Tasted by phenricsson on 1/12/2006 & rated 92 points: Made by John Kongsgaard - both names on cork. Big and powerful with a very sweet core but not that much sweet fruit on the nose or the palate. A bit of tar, chocolate and black currants on the after taste. (2908 views) | | | Tasted by jeff nowak on 5/7/2004 & rated 84 points: opened because the 98 was so pathetic. this wine is drinkable, but, again, why? no fruit, no finish, over-priced, and a bloated piece of caca. cancel my subscription. (4098 views) | | | Tasted by jeff nowak on 5/7/2004: the 98 was so bad, we popped the 99 to try and get a different take. this vintage didn't give off the overtly offensive nose, but it was still a very disappointing wine. holy batshit, what's up with this producer? the wines weren't corked or heat damaged. the 98 plain sucked, and the 99 was just awful. no fruit, no structure, no nothing. and to think i bought the 01's. i have NEVER been more disappointed by a wine.
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| Schrader Cellars Producer websiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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