Schrader, RBS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Brut Zero

Schrader, RBS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Brut ZeroThis is really complex with spice, walnuts and blue fruits. Violets, too. Medium to full body. Starts slowly and grows on the palate. Gorgeous finish. This is very focused and complex. Drink after 2022.

Lignana and Viglino families

it paints a path to where future vintages of Masseto are going as an expression of a vineyard and territory rather than just a strict read of one grape

Moderate reduction masks the nuance of the fruit though there is both good tension and freshness to the beautifully detailed and lightly stony medium-bodied flavors that possess a seductive

staying 14 to 21 days ahead of average from budbreak to harvest

A more deeply pitched and slightly spicier nose reflects plenty of earth and sauvage characters to the dark berry aromas that are trimmed in soft wood nuances

numbers of the un-bottled

3 ha of 40+ year old vines)

The exuberant 2007 Hermitage Blanc reveals notes of petroleum

tobacco and earthy character

it would be fair to say that this isn’t generous at present yet the underlying material is such that it should flesh out with a few years of bottle age

Give this another couple of years in bottle

This is much more mineral-driven than any of the prior wines with its beautifully detailed medium weight flavors that also possess focused power on the saline