Schrader "MB" Monastery Block To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 (Napa Valley, California) - [JD 94-96] [JS 95] [WA 93-95] [WS 94]

Notes from the Winemaker:The debut vintage of Schrader MB explores the vast riches of the Historic To Kalon Vineyard’s Monastery Block to its fullest potential. The fruit from this gravelly vineyard block abutting the Mayacamas Mountains creates a dense, focused, round, and uniquely supple wine with miles of intensely dark, ripe black fruit, dusty earth, and toasty oak. New for the 2017 vintage, the Schrader MB shows elegance and luster, offering a unique expression of this remarkable block of the historic vineyard site..Vineyard: Historic To Kalon VineyardAppellation: Oakville, Napa ValleyVarietal: 100% Cabernet SauvignonComposition: Pure Clone 169Cooperage: Aged 20 months in rare Darnajou French oak barrels Ratings & Reviews 94-96 Points - Jeb Dunnuck: "Coming from the To Kalon vineyard, yet from the 3-acre Monastery Block owned by the estate of Robert Mondavi, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Monastery Block is all clone 169 of Cabernet and is aging in 100% new Darnajou barrels. It h