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| Community Tasting Notes (average 97 pts. and median of 97 pts. in 43 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by houstonjeff@hotmail.com on 2/21/2023 & rated 96 points: High tannins and alcohol, yet drinking so smooth with age. A lovely wine that is drinking near the peak. (1264 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 9/16/2022: Friday Night Brown Bagger (R&R's): Double blind. Opens with black fruit with floral undertones, picking up a cedar element with air. Full-bodied, with medium tannins and flavors of plummy dark fruit, spice and brown sugar. (1391 views) | | | Tasted by tgkswine on 5/3/2022 & rated 99 points: The benefits of a little age were showcased in this bottle consumed along side a ‘12 Tusk that was excellent as well but younger.
A full bodied red fruit dominated wine with hints of subtle cocoa, earth and some dark fruit mid palate to finish. Not overpowering at all with smooth tannins and everything in harmony through the long finish. Just wonderful. (1585 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 1/5/2022 & rated 98 points: Decanted over cocktails. Thick and seamless on the palate with oodles of redcurrant and earth. Purity, density, and simplicity come to mind to describe this example. Thoroughly enjoyable without any pretension. (1974 views) | | | Tasted by winelover1808 on 9/6/2021 & rated 97 points: amazing and probably the best bottle of schrader I've had. have never been able to wait till my Schraders hit 15 years of age, and to me, now that i've had one, I will wait for my others to mature to this age. This was perfectly balanced, delicious - while it was very CA cab, it had a purity of fruit and depth that was so enjoyable and not overwhelming. a real treat and perfect wine with grilled rib eyes. (1806 views) | | | Tasted by schan109 on 7/19/2021 & rated 95 points: Decanted for 1.5 hours. This is a big wine with supreme nose of black cherries, blackberries and fruits. The palate is surprisingly integrated with big/ muscular character. Complex and rich but very balance. Long finishing. We finished up in 2.5 hours (ie. Around 1 hour drinking period) but I have no doubt it could last for another 3-4 hours. (1325 views) | | | Tasted by VINNICK on 5/19/2020 & rated 97 points: I would have to agree with the others on this. Spectacular wine. Big deep dark Cali Cab. This is a rich bomb of black cherries blackberries with beautiful depth and elegance. 5 hour decant and drank over another 5 hours. Each sip almost better than the next. 45 seconds on the finish. Truly one of the better Cali Cabs I have had. Ratings are deserved. This is ready to go with a nice full day decant or plenty of structure for more time in the cellar. (1874 views) | | | Tasted by rashcar on 2/27/2019 & rated 97 points: Sediments are present but fabulous wine! Nose of perfume and later black ripe cherries! Very slow legs on the glass. Very balanced with some heat present but manageable! Where this wine shines is in the finish! It lingers on for one minute. Highly recommend. (2306 views) | | | Tasted by JGA on 2/27/2019 & rated 97 points: I Decanted it for 2 hours . this wine is big and muscular with a long finish that last 45 second to a minute on the palate . Sipped on it for over 4 hours and it was developing from minute to minute I would hold on my other bottle for at least 3 years or more . (2488 views) | | | Tasted by meatman on 2/9/2019 & rated 97 points: My first Schrader. I now see/taste what all the hype is about. Rich yet elegant. Napa cab on another level. Everyone was wowed by this wine. (2269 views) | | | Tasted by Slick23861 on 7/26/2017 & rated 96 points: huge fruit bomb for a finish. drank alongside 2007 CCS which was WOTN. 2007 CCS was more balanced but the 06 CCS scored out at 96. (3641 views) | | | Tasted by Bcw1989 on 2/11/2017 & rated 97 points: Fabulous wine. The best that California Cabernet has to offer. Really dark red looking wine, almost black. Nose full of red ripe fruits. Finish was pushing several minutes in the mouth. Tannins are still present but as it opened became less pronounced. This has many more years left to cellar. Wish I had more bottles. The 2006 vintage is a stunner! (3106 views) | | | Tasted by slywka7 on 10/22/2016 & rated 100 points: Decanted for 90 minutes. Lot of sediment on this. Nose of currant, blackberry, bell pepper, loam and cherry compote. Nose really expressive and jumping out of the glass. Blackberry, currant, cherry, Berry cobbler, rhubarb and a slight mineral note. Finish goes on for at least a minute. This is simply fantastic! (3082 views) | | | Tasted by EyeDoc on 10/5/2015 & rated 97 points: Extremely elegant. (4308 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 8/21/2015 & rated 98 points: Viking dinner at RJs - 96 Salon, 09 Coche CC, 01 Rousseau, 06 CSS, 06 Masseto, 01 D'Yquem and etc. (Reston, Va): Incredibly intense nose that is dominated by crème de cassis and licorice, also blackberry jelly, incense, violet, root beer, dark caramel and a hint of lead pencil. Big and chewy palate, incredibly think yet remarkably silky, intense cassis driven palate impression, bright acidity, no noticeable tannins due to intense layered fruit and lovely long sweet finish. I love blue/cassis fruit driven expression of Schrader cabs. This is still incredibly youthful and will benefit from another decade of cellaring. Really impressive wine. (4830 views) | | | Tasted by Amerique on 4/18/2015 & rated 97 points: Rich, delicious, full-bodied black cherry fruit with creme de cassis, spice, and mocha flavors, excellent structure with great depth and complexity, finish that never ends, This is great California Cabernet. Drank it in celebration of Boomer's life. (3129 views) | | | Tasted by Knicksfan on 4/11/2015 & rated 98 points: WOnderful. Everything I enjoy in a Cali CS; fruit, balance, mellow tannin, long finish. Marvelous. (2840 views) | | | Tasted by wineholder on 2/7/2015 & rated 100 points: EPIC (3155 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 8/2/2014 & rated 90 points: Well done (1710 views) | | | Tasted by beezer6 on 9/24/2013 & rated 95 points: Bachelor Party BYO Wine Dinner with the guys (Del Frisco's Chicago): Brought this to the restaurant ahead of time to be decanted and held at cellar temperature.
We enjoyed this with the entree of 32 oz. Long Bone Wagyu Ribe Eye.
We were baby killers this fine evening. The wine was superb - though we were a bit let down for a 100 pointer.
Rich classic Schrader styling sporting royal leather, creme de cassis, dark cherries, mocha, touches of smoke and rich dark flowers. The mid palate is nice and the finish is gorgeous but could be a bit more harmonious to attain a higher score. The tannins still needed some time to come together. There was great acidity but the grip was overwhelming. There wasn't that wow factor I've gotten from some other Schrader. This was delicious but not the wine we all were expecting. (4450 views) | | | Tasted by patwjr on 6/8/2012 & rated 98 points: 99-100 point wine dinner with 14 wines. This was my top red WOTN. Almost everyone else was in agreement. Great fruit nose, rich tasting, dense wine and long finish. Loved it, but could last for years and likely only get better. Hold off if you can. Decanted this one for an hour, rebottled for ride to restaurant, opened 2.5 hours later, then drank 2 hours later in 4th flight. Give it air or time. (6479 views) | | | Tasted by rwstorer on 2/4/2012 & rated 98 points: - Garnet color with medium forming legs and aromas of chocolate, diacetyl (butter), hazelnut, black currant and cherry. It's in total harmony and has flavours of chocolate, dusty, blackberry and black currant with a full body. Satin-Like texture with a long finish - Terrific balance with complex multi layer flavors (8323 views) | | | Tasted by J-Sho on 7/18/2011 & rated 94 points: Big and bold as usual with Schrader. Nose with dark berries, current, and some oak. Palate complex and nice balance of acidity. Tightly wound with some present tannins however which seems typical of the 2006's (10028 views) | | | Tasted by DavidF90210 on 5/29/2011 & rated 97 points: insane fruit. Great finish, not as complex as the t6 imo. (10323 views) | | | Tasted by Nedder_travels_the_world on 5/14/2011 & rated 98 points: Extraordinarily balanced. finish wasn't as long as i had expected from a RP100. It will develop more into a 100 pointer but at the moment it's not quite there. hold this wine for a few more years.
my friend commented that it wasn't the fruit bomb that he was expecting and i agreed. more dark fruits and dark flavors. (9090 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Schrader Cellars Producer websiteSchrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyardwith apologies to Robert Parker, here are the vineyard sources and clones of Cabernet Sauvignon he gives in Wine Advocate:
Beckstoffer To-Kalon
From the reviews I gave Schrader’s 2007s and 2008s last year and the 2005s and 2006s previously, to the recent Wine Spectator cover story on Fred and Carol Schrader, there doesn’t appear to be a hotter Cabernet Sauvignon producer in the New World than this small boutique winery. Their wines have already received four perfect scores and with this report, that grows to six. A lot of this might be somewhat confusing, but let me try and simplify their philosophy. Schrader Cellars is essentially dedicated to showcasing one of the great vineyard sites of Napa Valley, the Beckstoffer To-Kalon vineyard in Oakville. They produce wines from separate clones and parcels within that vineyard. In 2000, they added another Beckstoffer vineyard, George III, in Rutherford, which has a completely different soil base and offers another study of a different terroir. I suppose one could call this a winery within a vineyard within several parcels using some of the most famed clones of Cabernet Sauvignon to further highlight these subtle differences. As one can see from the tasting notes, the Old Sparky comes from Clone 4, Clone 6 and Clone 337, the Schrader from Clone 4, Clone 6 and Clone 337, the CCS all from Clone 4, the T6 all from Clone 6, the RBS all from Clone 337 and the George III all from Clone 337. All of this results in about 1,600 cases of wine, which is not a tiny amount as the individual selections run between a maximum of 400 cases for the George III to 150 cases of the T6. The consulting winemaker for Fred and Carol Schrader is no other than Thomas Brown, who has won all kinds of accolades (well-deserved in my opinion) over the last 12 months. In essence, these wines are aged 18-24 months in a majority of Darnajou French barrels with some Taransaud included. The wines are incredibly expressive examples of Cabernet Sauvignon that are as good as it gets for this varietal. Of course they are more similar than dissimilar, but I suspect virtually every vintage they have produced to date has 25-40 years of cellaring potential, and long term aging should produce more and more subtle differences to support this compulsive study of clones and parcels within a given vineyard. I’ll try and keep my notes simple, but these are profoundly great, world-class wines. If you can find any, don’t hesitate to buy them - you won’t regret it. These wines may also appeal to those who think alcohols have gotten out of line in Napa Valley. All of them have between 14.4% and 14.7% alcohol, which is modest for such great, rich wines.
Are readers totally confused about the multiple clonal experiments and single block Schrader Cabernet Sauvignons? All of them emanate from the Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard with one exception, the George III Vineyard in Rutherford. Schrader’s mission statement is essentially one where their 30-year leases on vineyard parcels give them the ability to present a specific clonal study of Cabernet Sauvignon from three highly desired clones (4, 6, and 337) grown within a single vineyard. Perhaps this is more than most people want or need to know. The bottom line is that with their production averages about 1,600 cases of Cabernet Sauvignon, the wines do have subtle differences, but most importantly, all of them are extraordinary in quality – among the finest wines one could possibly find in the world. Fred Schrader and his wife, Carol, hired Thomas Brown to make these wines. Their 2006s were among the finest wines of that vintage, their 2008s look to be among the top wines I tasted in that year, and the 2007s, universally acknowledged as a great vintage for Napa, are spectacular. All of these cuvees are aged in 100% new French oak, mostly Darnajou barrels with a sprinkling of Taransaud.
Tel. (707) 942-1212; fax (707) 942-1572Cabernet 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 SauvignonBeckstoffer To Kalon VineyardBeckstoffer To Kalon continues to receive worldwide accolades for its wines, particularly in the last decade. The vineyard is on a gentle slope on the western foothills of the Oakville appellation. Soils are Bale loam/Bale clay loam, and are impeccably farmed by Andy Beckstoffer’s team. We have a by-acre contract so we can determine canopy, crop load and picking dates – but rely on the Beckstoffer viticulturists for insight into this unique vineyard to guide our decisions. ... ©2012 Tor Kenward Family Wines
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USAAmerican 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)Oakville |
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