Schrader Cellars RBS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
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Category | Red Wine |
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Brand | Schrader Cellars |
Origin | California, Napa Valley, Oakville |
Alcohol/vol | 14.5% |
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Wine Advocate
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The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon RBS, also from clone 337, but in this case from the Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, shows an absolutely perfect 100-point nose of red, black and blue fruits, charcoal, graphite and forest floor. It hits the palate with a seamless integration of wood, tannin, acidity and alcohol and has tremendous opulence and palate presence in its full-bodied, long finish. On aromatics alone, it rates a perfect score, but I ended up being somewhat conservative I suppose. It should drink well for three decades as well.
Wine Spectator
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Youthfully bright, fresh and appealing, with a vibrant violet note leading the way for well-detailed cassis, plum puree and boysenberry pate de fruit notes. The long finish, polished and driven, has light-handed toast that lets the fruit sing, with a flash of chaparral. This is in a lovely spot right now. Blind 2013 California Cabernet retrospective (February 2023). Drink now through 2035. 608 cases made.