2007 Schrader Cellars, Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, D-Magnum (3L)

RP96+ "Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Schrader is amazingly perfumed with intense potpourri, Indian spices, fragrant earth and rose hip tea notions over crème de cassis, redcurrant jelly and blueberry tart scents plus a touch of bay leaves. Big, rich and generous in the mouth, it coats the palate with decadent black fruit and plenty of red fruit sparks, with velvety tannins and great freshness, finishing long and layered." LPB for TWA Aug 2018

"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. 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." Robert Paker Published Dec 21, 2009