Community Tasting Notes 5

• bubbachumps wrote: 94 points

  July 4, 2022 - Agree with happy712, very nice cabernet that does not hit the heights typical for a Schrader. Nonetheless very enjoyable. Decanted 2 hours before consumming

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• happy712 Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 11, 2021 - Not as good as other vintages, but still fantastic. Finish could be longer. Decanted 10 hours.

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• Niagara wrote: 90 points

  November 4, 2021 - Tart, acidic; not a lot of dimension. Short finish.

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• tomoem wrote:

  February 21, 2021 - I can't post better critique notes than that from CT member csimm1161.
  
  As a huge fan of TR Brown I must say that this wine perplexes me. It is watery, acidic and unbalanced. I let this sit for 24 hours, I aerated the sh*t out of it and cannot get the juice to reveal itself. As a wine member of Schrader I have another CCS siting in the box which I will let sit for 5-10 years. Hoping the others in the wood are better. I'll report on the RBS next year.
  
  Not scoring .... but if I did it would be sub 90

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• csimm wrote: 91 points

  April 5, 2020 - 2017 Schrader RBS and CCS side-by-side.
  
  The CCS shows a cool, mineral-laced delivery of higher toned red and purple fruit. Stays linear and juvenile from front to tail, with a biting periphery that keeps the core in a serious furrowed-brow demeanor. Angular and stuttered in its current delivery.
  
  Like many 2017s, the mid-palate exhibits a hollowness that makes for a somewhat vapid and watery mouthfeel. The mineral elements here are more pronounced when next to the fruitier RBS, giving the CCS the appearance of comparatively more frame than the RBS...but that “frame” is also seemingly made up of an unripe scaffolding that ponders whether or not the fruit flesh of the CCS will ever grow up enough to fill in around its bones. The CCS finishes narrow and slightly bitter.
  
  There are faint “pretty” moments here with the fragile fruit trying to peek through the obvious bite, but they are fleeting. Improvement will be limited. JD 97-100 points?? Eeesh. Not by my math.
  
  For those holding bottles, best advice is to continue to do so and pray the CCS kinda fills in one day. 91+ points with a point or two of upside after 3-4+? years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• 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 18 (1%)
• In Cellars 1,357 (82%)
• Consumed 280 (17%)

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