Lot 78
SCHRADER CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON CCS BECKSTOFFER TO KALON VINEYARD 2012 (1) WA 100
SCHRADER CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON RBS BECKSTOFFER TO KALON VINEYARD 2012 (1) WA 98
Lot 78 Details
SCHRADER CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON CCS BECKSTOFFER TO KALON VINEYARD 2012 (1)
Napa Valley.
u. bn.
The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer to Kalon Vineyard CCS is Clone 4 from another block, and always seems to hit all the sweet spots on my palate. It’s aged 20 months in 100% new Darnajou barrels. The good news is there are 520 cases of it. Just a prodigious wine, this spectacular Cabernet Sauvignon is inky bluish/purple with a gorgeous nose of spring flowers, blueberry, blackberry and cassis fruit, a touch of background toast and graphite. It has a very full-bodied, multidimensional mouthfeel and a skyscraper-like finish. It is fabulously open, sexy and a total thrill to smell and taste. This should continue to drink well for two decades. October 2014 WA 100
SCHRADER CELLARS CABERNET SAUVIGNON RBS BECKSTOFFER TO KALON VINEYARD 2012 (1)
Napa Valley.
u. bn.
The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard RBS, which is also from Clone 337 but from different blocks on the Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, saw oak with 90% new Darnajou and 10% new Taransaud. This wine seems slightly more expansive, shares the black ruby/purple color with all of it siblings, and has a boatload of crème de cassis, incense, licorice, graphite and vanilla along with plenty of spice box and forest floor. This is a killer, full-bodied, super-duper, opulent Cabernet Sauvignon to drink over the next 20 years. October 2014 WA 98