Decanted for 45 minutes. Aromas of blackberry, currant, dried cherry, saddle leather and hint of chocolate. Flavors of blackberry, currant, dried cherry, hint of iron and hint of chocolate. Ends with a 40-45 second finish with blackberry and currant notes. This is still going strong and showing no signs of slowing down.
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Color: deep garnet Nose: plum, black cherry, cassis and tobacco Taste: plum, blackberry, vanilla This wine has a big, rich mouthfeel which coats the entire tongue. Lots of fruit upfront with an underlying vanilla and graphite essence.
This wine is big with well integrated tannins. The finish lingers long enough to be noticed but wish there was a bit more.
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Decanted for 6 hours on Day 1 based on CT recommendations - glad I did as it needed every bit, and continued to evolve into the glass and only got better on day 2. Dark violet to the rim, mixture of black and red fruits with a hint of graham cracker and cinnamon. Plenty of tannins and acid to keep going for many more years, but don't hesitate to enjoy now with a long decant.
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For my shelter at home birthday dinner. Opened 6 hours in advance and decanted through a vinturi and the 3 hour mark. Dark fruit and hints of wood on the nose. The palate was dark berries, cassis, pepper, cedar and a hint of coffee. Finish was very long. A great bottle of wine served with the oven roasted rack of lamb.
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Outstanding Red wine! Previously Coravined. Dark almost black like look to it. Finish was well over a minute long. Mouthfeel has lots of tannins and load of ripe red fruit. Still had lots of years left in the bottle! Great wine experience!
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I let it breathe for 1.5 hours. Not nearly enough time. At first I thought the bottle was fried. But after hour 3 the wine started to level out. So I assume we're in a phase. Should've read the notes below and held this another 5 years. This wine needs an unusual amount of time out of the bottle. But if you can let it breathe, you'll enjoy. Muted fruit, but polished leathery, chewy tannins. Even better on day 2.... And best on day 3. Wow. Never had a wine that was best on day 3. A 95 then. A 93 on day 1.
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Decanted for 90 minutes before service. Not even remotely enough time. In the glass, impenetrable, inky red-violet-black. On the nose, currants, cocoa, and a hint of truffle. On the palate, sweet black currants and raspberries, almost immediately overtaken by a wave of tannins that persist through a long finish. There is good fruit and substance here, but it's going to take at least 7-10 years in the cellar to emerge. I'm just one voice in the wilderness, but the CT drinking window for this seems at least a decade off.
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100% clone 337 cab. 14.5% ABV. I let it breathe for 1.5 hours. Drank over next 1.5. Dry cork broken in half on opening. Needed 2 hours to open up. Good acidity.
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Jason's Big 6-0 Bash (Tilia, Mpls): Very dark purple/red color. Decanted for 5+ hours; drank a glass over 90 minutes. Here's another big boy. Wow, there's some power here, very primary still with bold juicy fruit; blackberry, cassis, spice, wood and a little orange peel. Its very long and whoa does it build on the palate and finishes just a little astringent. A very modern style, and quite delicious. 93+pts.
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This needed a 90-minute decant before it began to open up but then it showed beautifully with thick, silky palate and robust To-Kalon fruit and leather. It continued to evolve, not always in a pleasant way, and perhaps would show better with more time in bottle. 96 at its best.
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Young looking dark purple in color. Minerals, graphite, chocolate, and dark spiced fruit. Benifitted from 2 hours in the decanter. Very nice full throttle mature Cali Cab at its best. Black cherry, ripe blueberries, perfectly acidified, very balanced finish.
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PnP. In a really good place now. Huge aromas of black fruit, spice, cedar, tobacco and anise. Similar flavors, layered together beautifully. Great balance and mouthfeel. Ends in a long smooth silky finish. Not sure if it will improve with time, but not going anywhere soon.
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First impression out of the bottle, monster nose of dense black berry fruit with hints of rich clay and fresh pipe tobacco. Evolving over time to a dizzying array of berry fruit, tobacco, sweet clay, fresh soil, cedar box notes. Some hints of herbs. Truly a pleasure and again one of the best representations of what a cab can be.
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Opened for 1 hour and had with Spinalis Ribeye next to a 2007 Pahlmeyer. The Schrader was much more approachable than expected. Dark fruit, graphite, and licorice. Just enough tannins to fill the mouth but plush and mouth coating. Can't wait to try the 2010.
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Brought to the restaurant and decanted briefly before pouring. This is a baby but what a wine. Evolved over the 3 hours drinking with dark fruit, herbs, earth, tobacco, some coffee. Fulllllll bodied, silky smooth with a backbone of fine tannins to give it a good life ahead. 1 minute finish. This is what wine should be.
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Polished, silky, lush and rich, with layers of ripe, sweet, juicy black and blue fruits, licorice, espresso, vanilla and smoke. Deeply colored, with fat, polished textures, this is showing well today.
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Christmas eve w/ 2 2 hour decant. Surprisingly laid back nose compared to past Schraders (since 2005) - but opened nicely. Seafoam Manor review is spot on. Would be 98+ with aromatics of some of the other Schraders for me. I'm being harsh w the 95 as I'm comping it to other Schraders -Still the Prime for me is 5 plus years away.
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The wine looks ruby colored and the legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like red currant, raspberry, stoniness, espresso, oak and vanilla - what I call a royal combination. It tastes like raspberry, red currant, espresso, cedar and vanilla with significant complexity and coating mouthfeel - silky with graininess. The body is medium/full. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. All in all fantastic. Did not need to spend a lot of time open or oxidizing.
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Decanted for almost two hours and it was very much open and ready to go. The color is shockingly dark to the point of being impenetrable to light. The nose is a little reticent, but it shows blueberries, blackberries, sweet vanilla oak and sage-like herbs. The palate is still rather primary with big blue and black fruits, nicely integrated oak and slightly bitter coffee and dark chocolate notes. The tannins are there, but well integrated and very fine. The real strength of this wine lies in the finish. It just keeps building, gaining complexity and it goes on forever. Clearly big, fruit forward, Napa, but done so expertly that there is a flat out deliciousness that is undeniable. This has the stuffing to last for a long time.
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Had with Scudieris for our 25-Year anniversary dinner at Craft!
Not a lot of notes because we were just enjoying ourselves and had no time for scribbled contemplations. Nevertheless, it made a lasting impression, especially with food. In fact, without food it was a bit too austere/tannic/acidic. This is not one of those sultry, opulent, slutty Schraders that I soooo love to just enjoy all by itself. This one is like a liquid knife that cut through the unctuous layers of meat in the beef short rib as well as the buttery yukon gold mashed. It was transcendent. Highly recommend having this with fattier meats like the short rib or a ribeye. Do it justice man!
Gave it a 4 hour decant, but it seemed to develop even more in the glass over our 3 hour meal. This thing threw a lot of sediment, so you want to decant carefully.
When I use the word "blockbuster" this is the type of wine to which I'm referring. It has the massive tannic structure combined with acidity to go for 20 or 30 years without slowing down. Yet it still retains a very fruit-forward approach, which I prefer. The best of both worlds. If it had a hint of opulence it would have been a 97.
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Rich and full-bodied. Some tannins, but not overpowering. I tasted some mocha and fruit.
I drank this with Erez (WineBerserker) at North Square in Greenwich Village. Turns out it was his first Schrader! This is certainly a delicious bottle of wine. It was good at pop n pour. I'd suggest a decant for a few hours before drinking, so the wine can open up. Drink now and enjoy, or Hold. We also drank a '92 Grace Family Cab and a '10 Maybach Chard. I preferred the youthville Scrader to the older, more elegant Grace.
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My first bottle of Schrader. Celebrating my son's birthday. Dark purple. Fragrant nose of dark fruit, this is a huge wine with blackberry jam, minerals, cassis, and perfectly balanced acid, oak, and fruit. Super long finish really does last for minutes. Excellent at pop and pour, did evolve over two hours, went well with occasionally challenging food. Fantastic juice!
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99+. Flirting with perfection. All the stuffing is there. Dark raspberry and strawberry not cherry. Dark as motor oil. Purple. Grilling herbs, graphite, explosive. In a few years time I could see it being perfect.
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Opened and decanted in wide base for 3-4 hours. Schrader always gets better with air, and this is no different. Huge concentration, great balance and good complexity. Dark fruit, spice, cassis and integrated oak. Great stuff but as usually only have one bottle...
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Decanted for 4 hours. This is absolutely stunning. One of the best bottles of To Kalon I have had. Tons of cherry and red fruit with powerful finish. Classic To Kalon.
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Decanted for an hour and half and then followed over next couple of hours. A little air definitely helped this out, but it drank well from the start. These Schrader Cabs are so consistent in terms of quality.
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Having bought the past four vintages, it seemed like it was past time to actually open one for the first time. Decided to take this bottle with us for a night "away" at a hotel, thinking we would have a little before and after dinner. Well, we were running behind, and ended up opening it to breath before walking out to dinner! but didn't have any until after we got back! and of course we had a few drinks at dinner, so we didn't have much more when we got back. Then, the next night was the Super Bowl, and had a glass after coming back from a party with a lot of good beer. Finally finished it off on night 3. NOT. THE WAY. I EXPECTED. TO HAVE MY FIRST SCHRADER.
But it was damn good each night. Seemed really well developed, smooth tannins, and pretty fruit. Unfortunately, the circumstances didn't really lend themselves to more refined notes. But it was good, and not sure that much more is necessary. Maybe next time.
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Decanted for 6 hours. This wine was intense, powerful, but smooth all at the same time. Hints of graphite and smoke on the nose. Lots of blue and black fruit with a juicy mouthfeel. 6 hour decant really helped this wine show well at a young age but it will age beautifully for many years to come.
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Eric's 40th Birthday Party: This was very tight at first and took over six hours to really open up and give a peek at the beautiful wine hiding inside. Loads of very dark fruit (maybe black currants) along with some vanilla and a hint of cocoa powder. Very structured on the palate with grippy tannins. A few more years in the bottle should help this to become more expressive and unfurl the layers that are tightly wound up right now.
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Had with Jeff and wife the night of Winter Storm Nemo. also poured 2008 Greer and 2007 Scarecrow.
On first pour, the RBS tasted similar to an aged Bordeaux: very smooth mouthfeel, secondary characteristics and a nice long finish. Both Jeff and I were pleasantly surprised. But there was one thing missing...structure. I think this will please most drinkers but for how long? I think this should be consumed over the next 3-5 years...but boy, was it yummy.
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Falltacular 2012 (FMIII in the OC): Big boys wine for sure. Oil dark color in the glass. I don't have a lot of experience with these wines but I would definitely let it cellar for 5+ more years before openning. The structure and very tannin driven finish was a bit too much for me at that point in its young life. The finish is ENOURMOUS.
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At Falltacular, the winner of the silent auction reportedly popped this open, and I was allowed to taste from someone's glass. In one word, WOW! That was amazing. Didn't get enough to really take it for a spin, but for a pop and pour it was not hot, and the tannins seemed just fine. Nice finish.
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12/9/2023 - slywka7 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Decanted for 45 minutes. Aromas of blackberry, currant, dried cherry, saddle leather and hint of chocolate. Flavors of blackberry, currant, dried cherry, hint of iron and hint of chocolate. Ends with a 40-45 second finish with blackberry and currant notes. This is still going strong and showing no signs of slowing down.
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5/14/2023 - smahk Likes this wine: 93 Points
Color: deep garnet
Nose: plum, black cherry, cassis and tobacco
Taste: plum, blackberry, vanilla
This wine has a big, rich mouthfeel which coats the entire tongue. Lots of fruit upfront with an underlying vanilla and graphite essence.
This wine is big with well integrated tannins. The finish lingers long enough to be noticed but wish there was a bit more.
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11/11/2021 - DesMarteau Likes this wine: 95 Points
Needs 1 hour at least to open....black cherry, blueberry, vanilla, spice...thick rich nice.
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7/12/2021 - ungerlei wrote: 97 Points
Wow. What a wonderful wine. Balanced and huge at the same time. Would have cellared longer, but its time had come
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1/30/2021 - pjhr Likes this wine: 96 Points
Simply singing! Wonderful black cherry and cassis aromas and flavors with layers of mocha, spice, and oak on the long finish.
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12/25/2020 - hmorin@gemroi.com wrote:
When opened, the cork smelled a little vinegary but as it opened up, got better.
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8/9/2020 - dpolzien Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for 6 hours on Day 1 based on CT recommendations - glad I did as it needed every bit, and continued to evolve into the glass and only got better on day 2. Dark violet to the rim, mixture of black and red fruits with a hint of graham cracker and cinnamon. Plenty of tannins and acid to keep going for many more years, but don't hesitate to enjoy now with a long decant.
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4/26/2020 - markcic Likes this wine: 95 Points
For my shelter at home birthday dinner. Opened 6 hours in advance and decanted through a vinturi and the 3 hour mark. Dark fruit and hints of wood on the nose. The palate was dark berries, cassis, pepper, cedar and a hint of coffee. Finish was very long. A great bottle of wine served with the oven roasted rack of lamb.
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4/18/2020 - Bcw1989 wrote: 97 Points
Outstanding Red wine! Previously Coravined. Dark almost black like look to it. Finish was well over a minute long. Mouthfeel has lots of tannins and load of ripe red fruit. Still had lots of years left in the bottle! Great wine experience!
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2/15/2020 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 94 Points
I let it breathe for 1.5 hours. Not nearly enough time. At first I thought the bottle was fried. But after hour 3 the wine started to level out. So I assume we're in a phase. Should've read the notes below and held this another 5 years. This wine needs an unusual amount of time out of the bottle. But if you can let it breathe, you'll enjoy. Muted fruit, but polished leathery, chewy tannins. Even better on day 2.... And best on day 3. Wow. Never had a wine that was best on day 3. A 95 then. A 93 on day 1.
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12/28/2019 - jshufelt wrote: 91 Points
Decanted for 90 minutes before service. Not even remotely enough time. In the glass, impenetrable, inky red-violet-black. On the nose, currants, cocoa, and a hint of truffle. On the palate, sweet black currants and raspberries, almost immediately overtaken by a wave of tannins that persist through a long finish. There is good fruit and substance here, but it's going to take at least 7-10 years in the cellar to emerge. I'm just one voice in the wilderness, but the CT drinking window for this seems at least a decade off.
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9/15/2019 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 94 Points
100% clone 337 cab. 14.5% ABV. I let it breathe for 1.5 hours. Drank over next 1.5. Dry cork broken in half on opening. Needed 2 hours to open up. Good acidity.
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7/14/2019 - galewskj wrote: 93 Points
Jason turns 60 (Tilia): Modern, rich, fruity, delicious. Dense and liqueurish. Maybe a touch grainy.
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7/11/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Jason's Big 6-0 Bash (Tilia, Mpls): Very dark purple/red color. Decanted for 5+ hours; drank a glass over 90 minutes. Here's another big boy. Wow, there's some power here, very primary still with bold juicy fruit; blackberry, cassis, spice, wood and a little orange peel. Its very long and whoa does it build on the palate and finishes just a little astringent. A very modern style, and quite delicious. 93+pts.
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6/6/2019 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 96 Points
This needed a 90-minute decant before it began to open up but then it showed beautifully with thick, silky palate and robust To-Kalon fruit and leather. It continued to evolve, not always in a pleasant way, and perhaps would show better with more time in bottle. 96 at its best.
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2/13/2019 - npettit wrote: 92 Points
Decanted an hour, will try for much longer next time.
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11/9/2018 - rustyRudy Likes this wine: 98 Points
Young looking dark purple in color. Minerals, graphite, chocolate, and dark spiced fruit. Benifitted from 2 hours in the decanter. Very nice full throttle mature Cali Cab at its best. Black cherry, ripe blueberries, perfectly acidified, very balanced finish.
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11/9/2018 - andrewdodd86 Likes this wine: 99 Points
Explosive nose. Tobacco, chocolate, vanilla. Black cherry, violet?, touch of bell pepper. Flirting with perfection.
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9/29/2018 - n2wine Likes this wine: 97 Points
Huge flavors. Very dry. The best wine that we had in '18.
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6/25/2018 - gharter Likes this wine: 95 Points
PnP. In a really good place now. Huge aromas of black fruit, spice, cedar, tobacco and anise. Similar flavors, layered together beautifully. Great balance and mouthfeel. Ends in a long smooth silky finish. Not sure if it will improve with time, but not going anywhere soon.
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7/17/2017 - T.E.D. wrote: 96 Points
First impression out of the bottle, monster nose of dense black berry fruit with hints of rich clay and fresh pipe tobacco. Evolving over time to a dizzying array of berry fruit, tobacco, sweet clay, fresh soil, cedar box notes. Some hints of herbs. Truly a pleasure and again one of the best representations of what a cab can be.
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2/18/2017 - bhof2121 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Fantastic! Plenty of depth and complexity but still fruit forward. Drinks well now but no hurry to open.
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3/30/2016 - MD.Gibson wrote: 95 Points
Opened for 1 hour and had with Spinalis Ribeye next to a 2007 Pahlmeyer. The Schrader was much more approachable than expected. Dark fruit, graphite, and licorice. Just enough tannins to fill the mouth but plush and mouth coating. Can't wait to try the 2010.
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2/26/2016 - HOS Likes this wine:
Brought to the restaurant and decanted briefly before pouring. This is a baby but what a wine. Evolved over the 3 hours drinking with dark fruit, herbs, earth, tobacco, some coffee. Fulllllll bodied, silky smooth with a backbone of fine tannins to give it a good life ahead. 1 minute finish. This is what wine should be.
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2/19/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
Polished, silky, lush and rich, with layers of ripe, sweet, juicy black and blue fruits, licorice, espresso, vanilla and smoke. Deeply colored, with fat, polished textures, this is showing well today.
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1/2/2016 - Fuzzy Squash Likes this wine: 96 Points
Amazing color (perfect), a very elegant wine despite being young.
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12/24/2015 - enjoywine wrote: 95 Points
Christmas eve w/ 2 2 hour decant. Surprisingly laid back nose compared to past Schraders (since 2005) - but opened nicely. Seafoam Manor review is spot on. Would be 98+ with aromatics of some of the other Schraders for me. I'm being harsh w the 95 as I'm comping it to other Schraders -Still the Prime for me is 5 plus years away.
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11/22/2015 - bigdogflow Likes this wine: 97 Points
Consistent wine, front, middle, back. Creme da cassis, dark fruit, super long finish.
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11/9/2015 - royalscam Likes this wine: 97 Points
The wine looks ruby colored and the legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like red currant, raspberry, stoniness, espresso, oak and vanilla - what I call a royal combination. It tastes like raspberry, red currant, espresso, cedar and vanilla with significant complexity and coating mouthfeel - silky with graininess. The body is medium/full. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. All in all fantastic. Did not need to spend a lot of time open or oxidizing.
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11/8/2015 - Seafoam Manor wrote: 96 Points
Decanted for almost two hours and it was very much open and ready to go. The color is shockingly dark to the point of being impenetrable to light. The nose is a little reticent, but it shows blueberries, blackberries, sweet vanilla oak and sage-like herbs. The palate is still rather primary with big blue and black fruits, nicely integrated oak and slightly bitter coffee and dark chocolate notes. The tannins are there, but well integrated and very fine. The real strength of this wine lies in the finish. It just keeps building, gaining complexity and it goes on forever. Clearly big, fruit forward, Napa, but done so expertly that there is a flat out deliciousness that is undeniable. This has the stuffing to last for a long time.
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9/27/2015 - Bobc7had Likes this wine: 95 Points
loved it
decanted for 90 minutes
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8/12/2015 - tp096255 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Had with Scudieris for our 25-Year anniversary dinner at Craft!
Not a lot of notes because we were just enjoying ourselves and had no time for scribbled contemplations. Nevertheless, it made a lasting impression, especially with food. In fact, without food it was a bit too austere/tannic/acidic. This is not one of those sultry, opulent, slutty Schraders that I soooo love to just enjoy all by itself. This one is like a liquid knife that cut through the unctuous layers of meat in the beef short rib as well as the buttery yukon gold mashed. It was transcendent. Highly recommend having this with fattier meats like the short rib or a ribeye. Do it justice man!
Gave it a 4 hour decant, but it seemed to develop even more in the glass over our 3 hour meal. This thing threw a lot of sediment, so you want to decant carefully.
When I use the word "blockbuster" this is the type of wine to which I'm referring. It has the massive tannic structure combined with acidity to go for 20 or 30 years without slowing down. Yet it still retains a very fruit-forward approach, which I prefer. The best of both worlds. If it had a hint of opulence it would have been a 97.
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6/26/2015 - dhammer53 wrote: 96 Points
Rich and full-bodied. Some tannins, but not overpowering. I tasted some mocha and fruit.
I drank this with Erez (WineBerserker) at North Square in Greenwich Village. Turns out it was his first Schrader! This is certainly a delicious bottle of wine. It was good at pop n pour. I'd suggest a decant for a few hours before drinking, so the wine can open up. Drink now and enjoy, or Hold. We also drank a '92 Grace Family Cab and a '10 Maybach Chard. I preferred the youthville Scrader to the older, more elegant Grace.
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5/20/2015 - mreinitz wrote: 95 Points
Big, rich, and delicious, with blackberry and cassis flavors. Not a ton of complexity, but everything (tannins, acid, mouthfeel) is just perfect.
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11/29/2014 - rustyRudy Likes this wine: 99 Points
My first bottle of Schrader. Celebrating my son's birthday. Dark purple. Fragrant nose of dark fruit, this is a huge wine with blackberry jam, minerals, cassis, and perfectly balanced acid, oak, and fruit. Super long finish really does last for minutes. Excellent at pop and pour, did evolve over two hours, went well with occasionally challenging food. Fantastic juice!
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11/29/2014 - andrewdodd86 Likes this wine: 99 Points
99+. Flirting with perfection. All the stuffing is there. Dark raspberry and strawberry not cherry. Dark as motor oil. Purple. Grilling herbs, graphite, explosive. In a few years time I could see it being perfect.
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8/31/2014 - pakabear Likes this wine: 96 Points
Opened and decanted in wide base for 3-4 hours. Schrader always gets better with air, and this is no different. Huge concentration, great balance and good complexity. Dark fruit, spice, cassis and integrated oak. Great stuff but as usually only have one bottle...
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8/25/2014 - sterin wrote: 96 Points
Drinking very well at such a young age.
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7/3/2014 - H Crenshaw wrote: 97 Points
Decanted for 4 hours. This is absolutely stunning. One of the best bottles of To Kalon I have had. Tons of cherry and red fruit with powerful finish. Classic To Kalon.
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3/16/2014 - B Paul wrote: 95 Points
Decanted for an hour and half and then followed over next couple of hours. A little air definitely helped this out, but it drank well from the start. These Schrader Cabs are so consistent in terms of quality.
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2/3/2014 - brianngibson wrote: 97 Points
Having bought the past four vintages, it seemed like it was past time to actually open one for the first time. Decided to take this bottle with us for a night "away" at a hotel, thinking we would have a little before and after dinner. Well, we were running behind, and ended up opening it to breath before walking out to dinner! but didn't have any until after we got back! and of course we had a few drinks at dinner, so we didn't have much more when we got back. Then, the next night was the Super Bowl, and had a glass after coming back from a party with a lot of good beer. Finally finished it off on night 3. NOT. THE WAY. I EXPECTED. TO HAVE MY FIRST SCHRADER.
But it was damn good each night. Seemed really well developed, smooth tannins, and pretty fruit. Unfortunately, the circumstances didn't really lend themselves to more refined notes. But it was good, and not sure that much more is necessary. Maybe next time.
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8/3/2013 - cellar.dweller wrote: 96 Points
Decanted for 6 hours. This wine was intense, powerful, but smooth all at the same time. Hints of graphite and smoke on the nose. Lots of blue and black fruit with a juicy mouthfeel. 6 hour decant really helped this wine show well at a young age but it will age beautifully for many years to come.
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4/6/2013 - elamasters wrote: 96 Points
Eric's 40th Birthday Party: This was very tight at first and took over six hours to really open up and give a peek at the beautiful wine hiding inside. Loads of very dark fruit (maybe black currants) along with some vanilla and a hint of cocoa powder. Very structured on the palate with grippy tannins. A few more years in the bottle should help this to become more expressive and unfurl the layers that are tightly wound up right now.
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2/9/2013 - B-Love Likes this wine: 97 Points
Had with Jeff and wife the night of Winter Storm Nemo. also poured 2008 Greer and 2007 Scarecrow.
On first pour, the RBS tasted similar to an aged Bordeaux: very smooth mouthfeel, secondary characteristics and a nice long finish. Both Jeff and I were pleasantly surprised. But there was one thing missing...structure. I think this will please most drinkers but for how long? I think this should be consumed over the next 3-5 years...but boy, was it yummy.
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9/23/2012 - Rocko1960 wrote: 96 Points
outstanding
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8/7/2012 - Mich3417 wrote:
Placed number 3 out of ten..very good but to expensive.
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1/15/2012 - brigcampbell wrote:
Falltacular 2012 (FMIII in the OC): Big boys wine for sure. Oil dark color in the glass. I don't have a lot of experience with these wines but I would definitely let it cellar for 5+ more years before openning. The structure and very tannin driven finish was a bit too much for me at that point in its young life. The finish is ENOURMOUS.
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1/15/2012 - bruce61 Likes this wine:
At Falltacular, the winner of the silent auction reportedly popped this open, and I was allowed to taste from someone's glass. In one word, WOW! That was amazing. Didn't get enough to really take it for a spin, but for a pop and pour it was not hot, and the tannins seemed just fine. Nice finish.
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1/1/2012 - JoelZ wrote: 97 Points
Full-on Napa fruitbomb. Deep, deep fruit with superfine tannins. A nice cocoa note on the finish. Ready to roll now.
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