Schrader Napa Valley Spotlight
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Schrader Cellars is a Napa Valley producer focused exclusively on Cabernet Sauvignon, drawing fruit from some of the valley's most celebrated vineyard sources. The winery's relationship with Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard in Oakville sits at the heart of its top tier, a benchland site with deep alluvial soils and a warm growing season moderated by afternoon bay breezes. The RBS and CCS designations identify distinct blocks within To Kalon, each bottled separately to capture block-level variation. Double Diamond, sourced from Oakville, represents Schrader's more accessible tier, available in both standard and half-bottle formats across multiple vintages. Old Sparky, released in magnum, reflects the cellar's age-worthy ambitions, with the 2016 and 2018 vintages demonstrating the concentration Napa's warmer years can achieve. Bottles from 2012 through 2019 span a range of vintages with differing aging trajectories.
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Schrader Cellars is a Napa Valley producer focused exclusively on Cabernet Sauvignon, drawing fruit from some of the valley's most celebrated vineyard sources. The winery's relationship with Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard in Oakville sits at the heart of its top tier, a benchland site with deep alluvial soils and a warm growing season moderated by afternoon bay breezes. The RBS and CCS designations identify distinct blocks within To Kalon, each bottled separately to capture block-level variation. Double Diamond, sourced from Oakville, represents Schrader's more accessible tier, available in both standard and half-bottle formats across multiple vintages. Old Sparky, released in magnum, reflects the cellar's age-worthy ambitions, with the 2016 and 2018 vintages demonstrating the concentration Napa's warmer years can achieve. Bottles from 2012 through 2019 span a range of vintages with differing aging trajectories.
