3 hour decant & still tight as a drum, not much of a nose.
Hold em if you got em
Made by Thomas Rivers Brown of Schrader & Maybach fame.
No where near as approachable as Maybach or his own wine Label Rivers Marie.
Corking it back up till tomorrow, could be one of those 2nd day wines.
Whats next🤔? — 9 years ago
Alcohol is a little out of balance, but otherwise a fantastic 2010 Zin that's drinking great right now. Used the Kelvin to keep it at 59F which took the edge off the alcohol and allowed its true profile to shine. — 9 years ago
Thomas Rivers Brown, master behind Schrader, Maybach, and Revana. Found him at an outfit in Yountville. Masculine style Prop red, but with a good breathe lets you experience his style without shelling out $250. — 9 years ago
Very good effort in a PB. I'm curious to know if anyone's had this and the 13 and could compare them. — 10 years ago
Very enjoyable. Dark fruit, pepper, bacon. — 11 years ago
PNP
Expected much more enjoyment, based on previous Vintages of this wine from Gargiulo Vineyards.
The 2012 575 OVX Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville Estate Vineyard; tastes“thin” when to other Oakville Cabs in this price range; I.E, Maybach Materium, Schrader Beckstoffer Cabs, etc.
Disappointed, can’t report much here, sorry.
Cheers 🍇🍷 — 8 years ago

On a night where we opened Colgin, Harlan, Shafer, Schrader, Imsignia, Carter & Caymus SS this bottle stole the show for me. — 9 years ago
Happy we picked up 2 cases @ $45 a bottle. Its not Hobbs or Schrader but still some pretty damn good juice. — 10 years ago
One hour decant. Consumed slowly over three hours. This is still integrating and was nothing short of spectacular. Drink now or wait, but stellar. — 11 years ago
Who says zins don't age well! — 11 years ago
What a great wine - bold and robust and sings out loud - fantastic notes are playing on nose - with plenty of blue and black berries
The color is deep deep inky purple - RP gave it a 97 but I think it will get better over the next 20 years - it will evolve - I know Melka is the winemaker but this tastes like the schrader RBS I love so much from Brown
This 100% cab and grapes from Beckstoffer and again what is it that is not to love
The first sip was a mind blowing pure taste of rich complex and structured OMG feelings that is hard to find and finish was extraordinary looooong - I exclaimed a famous word "bouyi"
Smiles so big tonight my face is hurting but feeling better with every taste of this baby — 8 years ago
2012 TOR Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
Winemaker-@Jeff Ames
Owner- @Tor Kenward
Pop N Pour
Robert Parker scored it 96 points in 2014;
seems right after a few years of cellar aging.
Classic Oakville To Kalon dark fruits, deep concentration, lots of glycerin, almost black in the glass, classic loamy dirt aromatics, first taste is total satisfaction! Keeps getting better with each sip, opening up nicely with time & more oxidation. Kudos to Tor Kenward & Jeff Ames on this effort! I look forward to the 2015
version of this wine upon release in the future.
On this day 6/16/2017 Fred & Carol Schrader sold Schrader Cellars to Constellation Brands; it's only fitting to enjoy a To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon!
Cheers! 🍇🍷👍
— 9 years ago
Best RM ever and one of the best TRBs ever including Schrader and Maybachs — 10 years ago
Celebrating the birth of Philip Aston Friedman! 12 days old today! (Mama's first wine in 9 months!) #schrader #astonestate #babyfriedman #pinotnoir #wine — 11 years ago
gearing up for the breaking bad finale. no Schrader brau so thought dead guy ale from Rogue was the next beat thing... #breakingbad #nothingstopsthistrain — 13 years ago
Craig Stanfield
Consistently great. Not saying it’s in the same echelon, but the flavors remind me of Schrader To Kalon. — 8 years ago