Schrader Cellars Heritage Clone To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
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Category | Red Wine |
Varietal | |
Brand | Schrader Cellars |
Origin | California, Napa Valley, Oakville |
Alcohol/vol | 14.5% |
Winery Notes:
Sourced from a single block in the To Kalon Vineyard, this "Heritage Clone" produces impossibly small clusters with tiny berries and very low yields. The quality of the fruit, however, is indisputable - producing wines of great intensity, complexity and character that have proven compelling enough to keep these vines in the ground for decades. Densely fruited and plush with lively acidity for balance, this is an elegant and expressive wine that offers a provocative range of flavors such as ripened red cherries, chocolate shavings, mandarin orange rind, and sweet earth.
James Suckling
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A remarkably structured, gripping and tightly wound young wine that needs many years to soften and gain complexity. Intense aromas of blueberries, cocoa and graphite lead to densely packed black fruit and earthy, stony nuances backed by good acidity, a full body and those chewy tannins. It’s a very singular wine made solely from the Mondavi Heritage Clone 31.
Wine Spectator
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This shows the heft and scale of the bigger wines in this vintage but adds an element of floral lift and sparkly energy. Its boysenberry, fig and mulberry preserve core is dotted with mouthwatering details of iris, licorice snap and lavender. Offers a gorgeous mouthfeel, with an overriding velvety texture offset by hints of crumpled violet. Drink now through 2050. 345 cases made.
Jeb Dunnuck
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All Clone 39 Cabernet Sauvignon and also a release that was first released in 2019, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon To Kalon Vineyard Heritage Clone offers up a dark, concentrated, powerful, structured style that's loaded with ripe black fruits, graphite, iron, and hints of scorched earth. It's incredibly complete and balanced on the palate, with full-bodied richness, lots of building tannins yet fine tannins, rocking mid-palate depth, and a great, great finish. Give it 3-5 years if you can and it will evolve for over two decades.