Schrader 2021 Monastery Block To-Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

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Schrader 2021 Monastery Block To-Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley98 Points Parker limited Limited new release from Schrader Cellars. 98 Points Jeb Dunnuck: "A beast of a wine, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon To Kalon Vineyard Monastery Block comes from a single block and is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Ripe black fruits, graphite, chalky minerality, and scorched earth define the aromatics, and it's full bodied, concentrated, and structured. It's seriously good but is going to demand bottle age." 93 Points Robert Parker:

with two of the three Cabernet Sauvignons I tasted thoroughly compelling—so the greatness from this fabulous terroir continues unabated

and hints of cherry and raspberry

The Chardonnays all go through full malolactic fermentation and tend to see about 50% new oak

New winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown has the midas touch with Cabernet

the Chardonnays are reference points for what Wente clone Chardonnay is all about

94 Points James Suckling: "Wild and vibrant nose of rosemary

and pine needles

The wine was racked to 40% new French oak barrels

planted in 1959

polished (yet present) tannins

as well as those dark fruits and spicy woods

It is a wine that exudes tradition but gives a sense of modernity with precise winemaking