99/100
Lots of blackberry, white pepper and other spices. Ink, too. Medium to full body with firm, silky tannins that run the length of the wine. Very al-dente fruit character. Flavorful and vivid. Extremely long. So drinkable. Gorgeous. Crazy.
98/100
Another spicy, complex, gorgeous wine in every sense, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Schrader reminds me of the CCS with its pure, seamless, perfectly balanced style. Lots of cassis fruits, notes of flowery incense, baking spices, leather, and unsmoked tobacco, silky tannins, remarkable purity, and a great finish all define this beauty, and it's certainly up with the crème de la crème of this great vintage.
Wine Spectator
97/100
This has all the dense cassis, bitter plum and blackberry fruit you'd expect from an Oakville Cabernet, but these elements are married to a more overt energy than most of its peers, as bramble, anise and licorice root provide a bristling accent. Offers a great graphite underpinning through the finish, and has fruit to burn.
Schrader Cellars
Opdag historien om Fred Schrader, hvis liv ændrede sig med en enkelt smagsprøve i 2000, der førte ham til Beckstoffer To Kalon-vinmarken i Oakville, Californien. Med en visionær tilgang og stålsat beslutsomhed formåede Schrader at sikre adgang til de unikke vinstokke i denne mytiske mark og samlede et drømmehold bestående af Andrew Beckstoffer og den talentfulde vinmager Thomas Rivers Brown. Sammen skabte de vin, der ikke kun er en reference i Napa Valley, men også en legende i vinverdenen. Med over 37 100-point anmeldelser fra prominente vinanmeldere som Robert Parker og James Suckling, står Schrader Cabernet Sauvignon-vinene som et symbol på udsøgt kvalitet og sublim smag. Oplev selv denne unikke udtryk og bliv en del af historien om en af ??de mest eftertragtede vingårde i verden.