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Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 2015 - First Bottle

Reviews

98+ Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
Very deep purple-black in color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select comes bounding out of the glass with gregarious scents of cr?me de cassis, warm black cherries, plum preserves and Indian spices with hints of lilacs, garrigue, stewed tea and cigar box plus a waft of charcuterie. Full-bodied, rich, boldly fruited and wildly decadent, it has a rock-solid frame of grainy tannins and compelling freshness, finishing with loads of earthy and savory layers.
98 James Suckling -
There’s an intensely ripe, fresh and vibrant edge to this focused, elegant and assertively pure cabernet that delivers attractive blueberry and cassis aromas in stylish form. The palate arrives as a precise and focused suite of ripe blueberry and blackberry flavors, building smoothly to an attractively crisp and even-paced finish. Another superb edition of this wine. Drink or hold.
95+ Vinous -
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is dense, powerful and exotically ripe, with copious chocolate, crème de cassis, new leather, smoke and licorice overtones. Unctuous and intense, the 2015 has turned out quite well. The richness of the tiny berries of 2015 comes through in the wine's fruit and tannin intensity. There is a real sense of gravitas to the 2015, although the somewhat larger-scale tannins will likely always be a part of the wine's DNA.

Technical Details

  • BlendCabernet Sauvignon
  • CountryUS
  • RegionCalifornia North Coast
  • AppellationStag's Leap District, Napa
  • Alcohol15.5%
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Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 2015

Cabernet Blends  |  US
WA98+, JS98, VN95+

New $309.95 | 750mL
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2015s in the Napa Valley are EPIC. Deep, intense, powerful wines. For Shafer and master winemaking genius and all-around amazingly chill guy Elias Fernandez, this means the signature suppleness and warm intensity are cranked up a notch or two. Prepare yourself! This is so concentrated and exquisitely broad and long, it will knock you out, we promise. This has Shafer's signature polish and absolutely no hard edges, the iron fist in the velvet glove personified. This is an absolute blockbuster...not for the faint of heart!

 

WA98+: “Very deep purple-black in color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select comes bounding out of the glass with gregarious scents of creme de cassis, warm black cherries, plum preserves and Indian spices with hints of lilacs, garrigue, stewed tea and cigar box plus a waft of charcuterie. Full-bodied, rich, boldly fruited and wildly decadent, it has a rock-solid frame of grainy tannins and compelling freshness, finishing with loads of earthy and savory layers.”

 

ONLY A FEW 6-PACKS TO SELL (wood box on request, larger orders get priority)!

 

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About the Producer

John Shafer uprooted his family from Chicago in 1972, and bought 209 acres in what would later become Stag's Leap District. He quickly planted a small parcel of Cabernet in the hillsides above the winery at the advice of Nathan Fay and created his first wine from that planting in 1978, a precursor to their legendary Hillside Select. John's son Doug joined the family biz in 1983 and has helped shepard the winery into the international limelight.