Where sweetness and dryness makes a better whole.

2005 Schrader Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, "Old Sparky" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon; (Magnum)
Almost purple,lots of vanilla, sweetish, a bit heavy fruit on the nose. Good aciidty, ripe tannins, clean fruitiness in the mouth, very elegant, a very suprising body for the nose especially, it is almost split personality with the sweet, heavy nose, then the pure and elegant fruit in the mouth and the almost thin body and very elegant long finish. How will this develop? I'm intrigued. 90


2000 Schramsberg, J.Schram Rosé, Noth Coast;
Pale pinkish, small bubbles. Very nice nose, minerals,, plaster, yellow oxidized apples, very Champagne on the nose. Great mousse, fresh acidity, bone dry body but tiny sweetness on the fruit which gives quite an astonishing and different combination. It won me over. 93