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With a massive 96 points, this flawlessly marries elegance, liveliness, and structural power in the most compelling of manners. Don’t miss our special case-stocking price when you order 2 or more bottles (shipping included)! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShafer Vineyards is one of Napa’s most-loved and historic wineries. The people behind it (Doug Shafer, of course, and the humble and unbelievably talented winemaker extraordinaire Elias Fernandez, among others) are salt-of-the-earth folks who simply make the most impressive wines year after year, that is so allocated we never get but a few bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug’s father, John, purchased the estate in 1973 and harvested the fruit for their first wine in 1978 – releasing it for sale in 1981. Just two years later, Doug joined the team as the winemaker at the time, coming alongside his father and learning the ropes of the wine business together, to rapidly mounting success and critical applause. They call their story not a typical second-generation winery, where one family member hands down the business to their kin after decades of running it – but, instead, a “generation and a half.” A father and son, working side by side – inspiring the name of this wine, One Point Five.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrown in the widely celebrated, cooler vintage of 2023, this Cabernet Sauvignon – blended with 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Merlot, and 1% Malbec – experienced an exceptional growing season, yielding richly colored fruit with incredible energy and pure aromas. Aging for 18 months in 100% new French oak gives it a lush, frame of cedary, toasty warmth with roasted vanilla and black licorice interspersed throughout. A tantalizing core of blackberry confit, cassis, and juicy plums is wrapped up in notes of dark roast coffee, tobacco, violets, and graphite, polished off with plush, velvety tannins and a long, fresh finish. 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And right now it’s about $80 under retail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet's talk about Taittinger, because the backstory alone is worth the price of admission. The house started in 1734 as Forest-Fourneaux, when Jacques Fourneaux learned to make wine from the Benedictine monks next door. It only became \"Taittinger\" in 1932, after Pierre Taittinger got stationed at the gorgeous Château de la Marquetterie during WWI, fell hard for it, and vowed to buy it someday – which he did, then stuck his name on the whole operation. Then, the family actually sold Taittinger to an American investment group in 2005 and bought it back a year later. It's family-run again today, and that whole \"we're not letting this go\" energy is baked into the wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComtes de Champagne is the flagship wine – first made back in the 1952 vintage and named after the medieval Counts of Champagne. 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