Schrader - Cabernet Sauvignon Heritage Clone 2021 (750ml)

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Producer	Schrader
Country	United States
Region	Napa Valley
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2021
Sku	06881
Size	750ml

 

A remarkably structured, gripping and tightly wound young wine that needs many years to soften and gain complexity. Intense aromas of blueberries, cocoa and graphite lead to densely packed black fruit and earthy, stony nuances backed by good acidity, a full body and those chewy tannins. It’s a very singular wine made solely from the Mondavi Heritage Clone 31.

This shows the heft and scale of the bigger wines in this vintage but adds an element of floral lift and sparkly energy. Its boysenberry, fig and mulberry preserve core is dotted with mouthwatering details of iris, licorice snap and lavender. Offers a gorgeous mouthfeel, with an overriding velvety texture offset by hints of crumpled violet.

All Clone 39 Cabernet Sauvignon and also a release that was first released in 2019, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon To Kalon Vineyard Heritage Clone offers up a dark, concentrated, powerful, structured style that's loaded with ripe black fruits, graphite, iron, and hints of scorched earth. It's incredibly complete and balanced on the palate, with full-bodied richness, lots of building tannins yet fine tannins, rocking mid-palate depth, and a great, great finish.

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Mondavi Heritage Clone To Kalon Vineyard comes from a single block of vines planted to what has become known as clone 31. If there is any complaint here, it's that the vibrant raspberry and mixed cherries are just too pure. Yes, the fruit is awesome (hence my enthusiastic rating), but the non-fruit complexities seem limited to modest dried-spice nuances. Perhaps more will emerge over time. Medium to full-bodied, this is exceptionally silky and elegant in the context of the 2021 vintage, finishing fresh and lively on the finish.

The Schrader Cellars' 2021 Heritage Clone To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is famously sourced from a low-yielding Cabernet clone isolated by Robert Mondavi himself. This red begins with very dark ruby colouring and a heady mix of savoury and exotic wild herbs, black liquorice, brown spices, and black-toned fruits. A super-fine structure with a cocoa-nib quality supports the full-bodied mouthfeel, framed by kirsch and blueberry fruits. A pleasantly tension-filled finish, marked by expressive minerality, closes it out.