Shafer

Shafer Hillside Select Stags Leap District

California

Stags Leap District

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select was tasted as a barrel sample. Deep garnet-purple in color, it charges out with powerful notes of creme de cassis, plum preserves, and juicy blueberries giving way to an undercurrent of tar, candied violets, and star anise. The full-bodied palate is concentrated and impactful, delivering a firm, grainy texture and well-knit freshness to support the generous black and blue fruits, finishing long with loads of mineral and exotic spices sparks. This is impressive!

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

The single-varietal  2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is deep garnet-purple in color. It erupts from the glass with powerful scents of creme de cassis, blackberry pie, and fruitcake, leading to suggestions of wild blueberries, chocolate mint, cedar chest, and crushed rocks, with a waft of clove oil. The concentrated, full-bodied palate does not disappoint, featuring very firm, beautifully ripe tannins and a lively line to frame the generous fruit, finishing long and layered.

2021	No priceNot available	Extraordinary
2019	No priceAvailable	Extraordinary
2014	No priceAvailable	Not rated
2013	No priceAvailable	Not rated

Category	Red wine
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Producer	Shafer
Vintages	2013
Country	US, California, Stags Leap District
Bottle	75 cl

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