Professional Ratings

• 99 Jeb Dunnuck
  2019 Schrader T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: A big, muscular, powerful wine, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard T6 boasts a monster note of blackcurrants, fresh plums, scorched earth, tobacco, and chocolate. This all carries to a full-bodied 2019 with the ripe, savory, concentrated style of the vintage, building tannins, no shortage of fruit, and a great, great finish. It's certainly one of the biggest, richest, more structured wines in the lineup, yet the balance is spot on and everything is in the right places. It's going to take at least 7-8 years for this puppy to shed some of its considerable baby fat and hit maturity, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it evolve for 20 or 30 years.
• 99 James Suckling
  2019 Schrader Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: Lots of blackberry, white pepper and other spices. Ink, too. Medium to full body with firm, silky tannins that run the length of the wine. Very al-dente fruit character. Flavorful and vivid. Extremely long. So drinkable. Gorgeous. Crazy.
• 98 Jeb Dunnuck
  2019 Schrader Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: Another spicy, complex, gorgeous wine in every sense, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Schrader reminds me of the CCS with its pure, seamless, perfectly balanced style. Lots of cassis fruits, notes of flowery incense, baking spices, leather, and unsmoked tobacco, silky tannins, remarkable purity, and a great finish all define this beauty, and it's certainly up with the crème de la crème of this great vintage.
• 98 James Suckling
  2019 Schrader Monastery Block To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: A fine, effusive quality from the sandalwood, violets, black pepper and blackberry concentrate. Quite a denser and more muscular expression, yet you won’t feel any chew from the tannins, as they melt into the dark fruit. Long and focused.
• 97 Jeb Dunnuck
  2019 Schrader RBS To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: Lots of violets, flowery incense, cassis, and spice notes emerge from the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard RBS, a full-bodied, silky, elegant 2019 that shines just as much for its purity and balance as its richness and depth. Possessing good acidity, a lively, vibrant mouthfeel, supple tannins, and a great finish, it has plenty of up-front appeal yet should easily evolve for a solid 20 years if properly stored.
• 97 Jeb Dunnuck
  2019 Schrader Monastery Block To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: Revealing a vivid purple hue as well as a powerful, more black-fruited, iron, tobacco, and scorched earth-like aromatic profile, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon To Kalon Vineyard Monastery Block is full-bodied, has a rich, powerful attack, great mid-palate density, and brilliant tannins. Coming from a famous block located on the western side of this great vineyard, brought up in new barrels, it's another 2019 that has a rounded, supple, approachable style while also bringing impressive density, depth, and structure.
• 97 James Suckling
  2019 Schrader RBS To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: Racy, dark nose with pulpy character. Dried lychee, lavender and sandalwood. This is quite juicy, ample and almost a bit ethereal, despite the color and high alcohol. There is a fine twist of salinity on the palate that runs smoothly with lots of purple flowers. Really immaculate. Almost soft texture.
• 97 James Suckling
  2019 Schrader Wappo Hill Cabernet Sauvignon: This is a fantastic new wine, with crushed berries, stones, and oyster shell with moss and pine needles. Full and linear, with agile acidity that gives the wine energy. It’s salty and lively. So focused and mouthwatering.
• 97 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  2019 Schrader RBS To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon RBS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard is Clone 337, matured 18 months in 100% new Darnajou and Taransaud barrels. Marked on the nose by red berries, cherries and cedar, plus delicate cinnamon and clove shadings, this is a plush, concentrated full-bodied wine with a core of firmness to it and a long, lingering finish, both positive signs for aging. It's one of the more approachable Schrader wines this vintage, but it should easily go another two decades.
• 97 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  2019 Schrader T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard is made from Clone 6, an old California heritage clone that's notoriously shy-bearing. It boasts lovely aromatics, layering dried spices and exotic florals over super-ripe cherries, while the full-bodied palate is all silk and cashmere, finishing incredibly long and elegant.
• 97 Wine Spectator
  2019 Schrader T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: This pulls in the full Oakville spectrum nicely, with a polished, loamy structure carrying a large-scaled core of steeped plum, boysenberry compote and cassis flavors, while a backdrop of violet, sweet bay leaf and sassafras add range and contrast. The finish has power but maintains purity, with the fruit ringing out the longest in the end.
• 97 Wine Spectator
  2019 Schrader Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: This has all the dense cassis, bitter plum and blackberry fruit you'd expect from an Oakville Cabernet, but these elements are married to a more overt energy than most of its peers, as bramble, anise and licorice root provide a bristling accent. Offers a great graphite underpinning through the finish, and has fruit to burn. One for the cellar.
• 96 Jeb Dunnuck
  2019 Schrader Wappo Hill Cabernet Sauvignon: A new wine from this team, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Wappo Hill comes from a famous site in the Stags Leap District and is all Cabernet Sauvignon. At a high level, Stags Leap is a slightly cooler region, and the wines shine for their complexity, and that's certainly the case here. Lots of cassis, violets, graphite, dried flowers, and spicy oak define the bouquet, and it's medium to full-bodied, has good acidity, some chalky tannins, and notable freshness and purity. The acidity is higher here, but this still brings plenty of classic Schrader opulence and texture.
• 96 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  2019 Schrader Wappo Hill Cabernet Sauvignon: A new vineyard source for Schrader, from a famous site in Stags Leap planted to Clone 685, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Wappo Hill features a lovely mix of red and black fruit. Full-bodied, silky, rich and intense, it combines the silk and harmony typical of the region with the intensity that Schrader and consultant Thomas Rivers Brown are known for, finishing elegant and long.
• 96 Wine Spectator
  2019 Schrader Monastery Block To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon: A dark and winey style, with loads of plum, blackberry and black currant preserves tumbling through, enlivened with apple wood, anise and bramble along the way. The finish is underscored by a swath of loam and tar but the fruit keeps the upper hand, ending with a flourish of additional spice, incense and iron. A wine that flaunts it—because it can.