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Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District Napa Valley 2021
Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District Napa Valley 2021

Reviews

98-100 - The Wine Independent -

99 - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

99 - Decanter -

99 - James Suckling -

97-99 - Jeb Dunnuck -

96-99 - Vinous -

Technical Details

  • Blend 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Winemaker Elisa Fernandez
  • Country US
  • Region California
  • Sub Region North Coast
  • Appellation Napa Valley
  • Vineyard Shafer’s estate vineyard blocks Sunspot, John’s Upper Seven, Hitching Post, and Firebreak and other hillside vineyards in Stags Leap District
  • Farming Method Sustainable Practices
  • Oak 100% new 60-gallon French oak barrels
  • Aging / Cooperage 28 Months
  • Alcohol 15.5%

Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District Napa Valley 2021

Cabernet Sauvignon | California

TWI98-100, DC99, WA99, JS99, JD97-99, VN96-99

Sustainable Practices

$500.00

$389.00

750ML

22% OFF RETAIL!

Triple 99 points, plus a couple of 98s for good measure – it seems that the critics have unanimously agreed on the sheer perfection of this 2021 Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon. As Jeb put it, “You can safely put the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select up with the top vintages of this cuvée...The purity is world class, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a deep, layered mouthfeel, sweet yet building tannins, and a blockbuster of a finish.” Coming from Shafer’s rugged estate vineyard in the Stags Leap District atop volcanic and bedrock soil, this wine is all at once complex and balanced, with rich, elegant, and supremely pure qualities that make this one of the most stunning expressions of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon on the market today!

Shafer 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 are so allocated we never get but a few bottles. This 2021 rendition of their flagship wine exudes elegance and vibrancy, with bursting, juicy dark fruit qualities of blackberry, black cherry, blueberry, and black currant intermingling seductively with notes of black tea, lavender, wet stone, red plum, salty dark chocolate, graphite, black truffle, star anise, and...we could continue going on and on, but we’ll leave it to the sky-high scores to paint the rest of the picture for you. This is pure, unadulterated power, verve, and gusto in the form of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from a pedigreed and treasured property in the valley that practically never misses – certainly not here! Don’t miss the chance to get some for nearly 30% off!

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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.