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• Schiffy Likes this wine: 97 points

  July 15, 2023 - Concentrated, fruit forward with intense blackberry fruit. Terrific complexity with notes of cassis, dark chocolate, violet and graphite. Beautifully made with great balance between the rich fruit and its active tannins. Still relatively young wine, this will benefit from a two hour plus decant.

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• jcampano Likes this wine: 98 points

  March 17, 2023 - Powerful aromas of blackberry, violets, black cherry, licorice and graphite. Definitely a carefully crafted wine with complex flavors of licorice, black cherry, raspberry and mocha. Velvety tannins with a 30-second finish.

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• jkwoodward Likes this wine: 98 points

  February 3, 2023 - Just superb. 5 hr decant. Well integrated. Just enough glycerin. Perfect fruit. Could drink all day

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• rkww Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 28, 2022 - Manursing Memorial; 5/27/2022-5/29/2022: The 2015 CCS To Kalon impresses with a pronounced nose, a silky palate with just the right amount of tannic grip, and a more elegant, balanced, integrated profile than I've experienced in any other Schrader. It stumbles on the finish, where an otherwise long and joyful experience is cut short by the heat of the 14.5% ABV, and on complexity. If you really look, you can find hints of chocolate and minerals hiding behind all the cassis, plum, and blueberry, but it'll likely be another 3-5 years before they move into the foreground. No matter; these bottles have at least two more decades of life in them. If drinking now, decant for a minimum of three hours.

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• Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 19, 2021 - Super silky approachable wine.
  The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are slow. It smells like blueberry and blackberry. It tastes like plum. The body is medium/full. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Schrader Cellars
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation CCS
• Vineyard Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Oakville
• UPC Code 4690491036556

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• Pending Delivery 23 (1%)
• In Cellars 1,586 (76%)
• Consumed 485 (23%)

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