2012 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

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  12/8/2023 - Bobcat 31 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  1 hour decant great bottle

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  11/11/2023 - Geaux Tigers wrote: 98 Points

  Took 3.5 hr to finally crack open but wow when it did! Nose was absolutely flawless, palate had a slight bit of booziness, insert standard BTK notes here plus a little berry liqueur, Luxardo cherry. A reversed seared Ribeye certainly helped bring this out! Good, no Great wine!

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  6/18/2023 - jshufelt wrote: 93 Points

  Decanted 90 minutes before service - not even close to enough air time. In the glass, deep youthful purple-tinged red. On the nose, a blast of blueberries and currants, with a secondary note of dark chocolate. On the palate, a wave of pure berry fruit, plums, and currants, with tannins that begin slowly and build to a round, massive wall on the finish. You can get pleasure from this wine now, especially if you enjoy that To-Kalon fruit, but those tannins are going to keep the real pleasure under wraps for at least another 5-10 years.

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  4/23/2023 - ptelgenh wrote: 96 Points

  Powerful with nice grip. Aging beautifully

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  1/12/2023 - Cabernet4me2 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  This bottle was amazing, and in the company of others opened tonight, held its own against some pretty heavy hitters. Was a Luxury Cab night at Ruth's Chris and this '12 CCS was up next too '12, '13, '14 Scarecrows, 2001 Abreu Thorevilos, '18 MacDonald, '14 Hundred Acre Wraith, 2014 Masseto, '14 Tor Black Magic, with a few champagnes and and an '05 Marcassin to open it up.
  
  The CCS was paired next to the '01 Abreu and just had more 'going on', had great black and blue fruit structure with a solid mid palate and a finish that just kept going, I scored the night with the '13 Scarecrow 1st, '12 Scarecrow 2nd, and 3rd with the MacDonald - and the CCS was my 4th of the night.
  
  All in all an amazing night of great friends, amazing wine and good food, so very humbled and blessed to be included.
  
  The '12 CCS is not showing any signs of age, and think this beauty will to continue on its path of greatness, not sure if its getting any better as it is, IMHO seemingly to be fully integrated and beautiful, so no rush to drink them as a definite treat, but also no rush think these are easily in the drinking window for another 10 years +!!

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