Schrader Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard 2012 750ml

Schrader Cellars, led by Fred Schrader with winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown, built its reputation on Cabernet Sauvignon from the Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard in Oakville, one of the most celebrated sites in Napa Valley. The 2012 Beckstoffer To Kalon bottling blends clones 4 and 6 and was aged entirely in new French barrels. It earned 98 points from both Wine Advocate and Decanter. Wine Advocate found it one of the tighter, more backward Schrader wines of the year, with abundant black and blue fruit, muscular tannins and a massive mouthfeel. The generous 2012 vintage gives ripe depth beneath that structure. Drinking well now with decanting, it should hold through the late 2030s.