2021 Schrader Cellars To Kalon Old Sparky Cabernet Sauvignon 1.5L

$3,500

Total $3,500
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Description

Schrader Cellars was founded in 1998 by Fred Schrader, who set out to craft Cabernet Sauvignon with a single-minded focus on quality and provenance. 

Today, Schrader Cellars is regarded as one of Napa’s best producers of Cabernet Sauvignon and hardest-to-get allocations. Our wines, with their hallmark style that balances a modern sensibility with classic techniques and non-interventionalist winemaking, are unabashedly generous while never tipping over into excess, maintaining a focus on balance, purity and structure. Our efforts have been rewarded with thirty-seven perfect 100-point scores from top wine critics – more than any other winery in Napa Valley.

Vintage: 2021

ABV: 14.9%

Elements of a classic Napa Valley vintage was apparent to many, offering redemption from the devastation of 2020. The colour and concentration of the fruit harvested was impressive to Thomas and due to the diligence and attention to detail of the vineyard team. The team had their work cut out at times during the vintage, that was at times wildly variable and marked by unseasonable and sustained periods of high temperatures and lingering drought. These same challenging elements also created an ideal environment for our vines to produce low yields of small, intensely flavoured berries, that achieved peak ripeness and marked complexity. A balance of power and poise are showcased, the hallmarks of this vintage.

ABV 14.9%

Vintage 2021

Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation Napa Valley

Vineyard Beckstoffer To Kalon

Fruit Clones 4, 6, and 337

Aging 100% new Darnajou and Taransaud French oak barrels

Winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown

Beckstoffer's vineyard in Oakville, first planted in 1868 by viticultural and winemaking icon Hamilton Crabb, has long been regarded as the source of Napa Valley's finest Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. This section of the vineyard is situated in the heart of the valley. An alluvial fan provides excellent mineral deposits, and the rich soils are filled with marine sediment. The vines receive full sun and optimal heat during the day and are cooled by marine fog at night. These conditions allow each of the three clones planted in this vineyard (4, 6, and 337) to display its own unique character, and this celebration of individuality is the essence of Schrader.