Schrader, Napa Valley, CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Bordeaux Blanc 92 Points Wine Advocate

92 Points Wine Advocate

**Note: 2 barrels were produced from vines in Les Gaudichots planted in 1933 and aged in CAVIN Aphrodite barrels that are made from 300 year old oak trees sourced in the Fontainebleau forest**

Deceptively medium in body

Gains flesh and weight with air while maintaining urgency and finishes sappy

but not great depth at the core

Schrader, Napa Valley, CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Bordeaux Blanc 92 Points Wine AdvocateNicked label 96 points Wine Advocate The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard comes across as big, tight and powerful. This is one of the more reticent, inward of the 2009 Schraders. Tar, licorice, menthol and violets are some of the notes that wrap around the intense, virile finish. Today the CCS is a touch compact. (AG) 96+ (12 2011) 95 points Wine Spectator Dense and chewy, offering edgy tannins but also a wealth of complex