Community Tasting Notes 24

• Kevnzworld wrote: 95 points

  June 10, 2020 - Pnp but needed an hour to open up.
  Beautiful nose that leads into a balanced wine with good fruit , some orange peel mixed with blueberry The finish still has some tannin with a little alcohol heat that faded as the wine opened up.
  Secondary flavors of cigar box on the finish

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• Nanda wrote:

  June 15, 2018 - Blind 2001/2002 Cab Tasting (Chez Hughes): Double blind paired with the 01, and the Forman 01/02. An extreme wine with uber-ripe black fruit, oak char and boozy aromas. The palate is dense and ripe with lots of charred oak. Chewy tannin. Nothing about this wine is appealing.

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• Burgundy Al wrote:

  June 15, 2018 - California Cabernet 2001/2002 Blind Tasting (Hughes House - Chicago IL): Double blind in 01/02 Cali Cab tasting. Top heavy and off kilter. Not particularly enjoyable. Not nearly as good as I recall from last time tasted a few years back. Correctly ID'ed this as from '02 vintage.

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• parkerbj wrote: 100 points

  December 8, 2017 - I’ll admit I love Schrader wines. I think you can’t find better Napa Cabs than what Thomas Brown is putting out there. With that said, this certainly did not disappoint. Like the 2002 Abreu Thorevolis, this is very youthful for all three of color, nose, and taste. Both of these wines can last another 25 years easily. On a tangent subject, it would be interesting to try some of the aged, modern Napa Cabs like this against a first growth Bordeaux in years where both had excellent vintages... like 2009 and 2010. The only problem is we need to wait another 10 years to do it. Getting back on track, the Schrader is a beautiful wine, also 100 pts. It’s one of those wines that gives you goosebumps when you drink it. Again, velvet is the best way to describe the texture and the fruit, acidity, and integrated tannin just explode in the mouth. I’m lucky to have a few more of these to try over the next few years.

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• Topper wrote: 93 points

  July 25, 2016 - Very good cab, if slightly less tannic and flamboyant than one might expect from this maker and vineyard. Will make everyone happy, but their socks will still be on their feet.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Schrader Cellars
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Oakville

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• In Cellars 306 (67%)
• Consumed 150 (33%)

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