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Wine Spectator Names Double Diamond Cabernet Sauvignon #1 Wine of 2022
James Molesworth writes that Double Diamond “provides an emphatic answer to the Napa Cabernet value question, punching above its weight while costing well below the triple-digit entry point for top-flight Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. And it comes from Schrader Cellars, […] whose winemaker, Thomas Rivers Brown, is acknowledged as one of the valley’s best.”
“With the pedigree of a great vineyard under the hand of a great winemaker, a second wine should never be overlooked,” Molesworth wrote of Double Diamond. “For its compelling combination of quality and price in a category that is awash in expense-account bottlings, the Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Double Diamond 2019 is our Wine of the Year for 2022.”
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Wine Spectator Reviews Vintage 2019
Wine Spectator reviewer James Moleworth calls Double Diamond Cabernet Sauvignon a "value play".
"Schrader's Double Diamond bottling is made predominantly from To Kalon fruit, but checks in at just $80, well below the standard entry point of $100 for Napa Cabernet...
Packs in generous steeped plum, boysenberry and mulberry flavors backed by a broad swath of roasted alder and bittersweet cocoa. Brimming with dense fruit, and is squarely in the not-shy style. The long finish has a serious loamy tug, too. Best from 2023 through 2035."
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Jeb Dunnuck Reviews Vintage 2019
"In addition to the single vineyard releases, this estate also releases a more value-priced Cabernet. The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Double Diamond (which is still 70% To kalon) offers a forward, medium to full-bodied, incredibly sexy style as well as classy notes of cassis, tobacco, incense, orange blossom, and flowers. Readers looking for a touch of that Schrader magic at a slightly more affordable price are going to love this beauty. It's already drinking nicely, and I see no need to delay gratification."