2004 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (37) Avg Score: 94.9 points

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  9/25/2021 - The Wine Guy Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Notes of dark fruit, cooked cherries, cedar, vanilla, tar, nice soft integrated tannins, long finish, hints of honey butterscotch.

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  6/25/2021 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Cristal and Fontodi Flaccianello plus Riverain and Schrader (served blind) (Foretti's in Corona Del Mar): Served blind. Carol Schrader brought this to our dinner, with a smile too as she has a deep connection to the wine. I believe she said this was the first CCS made, and it has some of the Las Piedras blended into it. This was richer styled with good acid and lots of blue fruit (which is what I found as well on the 2014 CCS that was poured blind at an event we did a few weeks ago). It also showed an inky coloring around the inside of the glass and a terrific freshness for a wine that has already pushed past 15 years of age. Thomas sure did make some ageworthy wines in his Schrader craft.

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  11/8/2016 - Mark H. LeQuire wrote: 96 Points

  Stable from our first taste 03/02/15. No flaws. Minimal sediment. Minimal rim variation. Classic California cabernet. Low tannin and acid. Medium alcohol and long finish. Ready to drink and plenty of bottle life left.

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  6/7/2016 - Mr T wrote:

  This wine made the birthday boy very happy but just too ripe and pruney to me with no real shape. Maybe it's just me, but relative to auction value, I should have let others enjoy. That said, the birthday boy loved it.

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  6/3/2016 - jeff nowak wrote: 90 Points

  Who can tell the difference between this or any other Schrader, short of maybe Old Sparky? I HATE the business plan, as I think I have mentioned in other notes. 04 can be a Napa roller coaster ride. Schrader seems to have done better than most, but it is a vintage that was on the precipice of big ass going to Kardashian mode. An 04 RBS drunk Christmas 2013 was fresher and had more pleasing fruit. There isn't enough acid to get it reliably past age 10. I didn't mind drinking it, but it was lost next to first growth Bordeaux and red label Giacosa. Never send a boy to do a man's job. Drink up. Ha! I just read my earlier notes after posting this. It really validates the slide I experienced. The real power of CT! demonstrated.

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