Schrader Cellars, Napa Valley, "Old Sparky", Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 (1.5L) OWC 4% Cabernet Franc

4% Cabernet Franc

veering into chocolate malt ball notes

Bold cherry fruit carries a streak of salinity that tastes like a shake of salt and pepper around tart pomegranate fruit

Finish is drying out too but still excellent

Only 356 of these absolute beauties were filled

Schrader Cellars, Napa Valley, "Old Sparky", Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 (1.5L) OWC 4% Cabernet FrancIn Original Wooden Case, one wooden case missing inner staves 100 points Jeb Dunnuck My notes on the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Old Sparky Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard started with 'Wow, what a nose' and finished with a few expletives. Based largely on the T6 Cabernet Sauvignon from To Kolan, with smaller amounts of the RBS, CCS, and Schrader, its a massive wine by any measure yet carries everything perfectly, with perfumed notes of crme de cassis,