2008 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 95.4 points

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  7/13/2023 - timothynbond Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep ruby color. Cocoa powder and a hint of barnyard on the nose. Medium-plus body, medium plus acid, and mouthcoating medium-to-medium-plus tannins. Dark ripe fruit, cedar, blackberries, dark raspberries. Rich. Very enjoyable.

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  8/26/2022 - D.Callahan wrote: 94 Points

  Fantastic cab... still years to go. Big but balanced with mierality and good acidity. Drinking great.

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  10/31/2020 - Markie_Sharkie wrote: 94 Points

  Big bold wine that has many years to go. Decanted for 3 hours. Black currants with hint of leather and tobacco. Long finish. I have one more bottle and will hold it for 4-5 more years at least. Great wine.

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  2/23/2020 - For the Love of Wine Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Cult Wines (Jason's House): This was part of a flight of a trio of cult wines, which also included 07 Dana Lotus and 14 MacDonald. In contrast to the Dana, this wine was all about power. The most fruit-forward of the trio, but no heat. It was a pleasure to drink young, but you could taste the potential as much and the wine. Where I am more unsure about how the Dana will evolve, there is no doubt this wine will improve with additional time in the cellar (I only have 14's in my cellar, and I dreading the wait!). This had plenty of red and black fruit on the nose and palate. The tannins were less resolved in this wine than the other two, but none-the-less not as grippy as I would have expected. I believe the fruit balanced out the tannins, and helped make this very enjoyable. I also thought this wine complimented the food (tenderloin) the best of the three. Although this was my least favorite of the three tonight (even though I did I like it quite a bit!), I also would be most comfortable saying this wine will improve with aging. It has the tannins and fruit for the long haul, IMO. 95 today, but huge upside down the road. If you open a bottle today, you will enjoy the wine, but if you can afford to cellar for 5-10 more years, I think it pay dividends!

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  2/22/2020 - galewskj wrote: 92 Points

  "Cult Wines" (Jason's House): Decanted 2 hours, I took a sip and got noticeable alcohol. So I let it sit in the glass for 30 minutes and the alcohol disappeared. I wrote "cocktail wine" for the Dana, the Schrader and the MacDonald. This wine was dense, jammy, with some brambly underbrush nuances that tried to keep it balanced. It also has a lot of "stuffing", the tannin is very present and I think a few more years will serve this wine well. There is also an extracted quality that makes this wine extraordinarily dense.
  Blueberries, black currant, this was the classiest of the 3 Napa wines tonight.

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