Wines from Stags Leap District
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Shafer 2004 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- $215
A perfect score has to be considered in the context of its region. Shafer’s 2004 Hillside Select is tremendous as a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that competes with its peers at the highest levels. It’s always a fabulous wine, but in warm 2004, Shafer’s amphitheater vineyard sheltered the grapes, ripening them to perfection yet protecting the “iron fist in a…
— S.H.
(3/1/2009)
Shafer 2001 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- Cellar Selection
- $175
No Cabernet smells better. This is an enormously attractive, well-oaked wine constituted from the best possible fruit. In the mouth, it immediately seduces. Shafer knows it has to rise to expectations with this wine, and the 2001 does not disappoint. The fruit is spectacular, all cassis. The oak is rich, flamboyant and delicious. Structurally, the wine has the best…
— S.H.
(12/31/2005)
Shafer 2002 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- Cellar Selection
- $190
The impression is of a young, tannicly closed but enormously promising Cabernet. Floods the mouth with dramatic black currant, cherry and chocolate flavors, masses of toasty, caramelized new oak, and a rich, minerally earthiness. For all the power, there’s elegance and refinement. If you must drink it now, decant it; best 2008–2015.
— S.H.
(9/1/2006)
Shafer 2007 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- Online Exclusive
- $225
In keeping with the voluptuous approachability of the 2007 vintage, this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is simply fabulous now for its flood of the ripest, sweetest blackberrries, cherries, cassis and chocolate imaginable. Especially noble is the tannin structure, firm and soft, dry and sweet, a combination of opposites. The depth is vast, and the spicy finish goes on for…
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
Shafer 1997 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- $150
Fabulous. Dominated now by oak, from the smoky charry aroma to the sappy, sweet flavor. If you chew on it, you find absolutely brilliant blackberry fruit, ripe and pure. Breathtaking structure, with near perfect creamy tannins and soft but supportive acidity. Gorgeous now in it's flamboyant, fleshy youth, or worth aging-have it your way.
— S.H.
(12/31/2001)
Shafer 2003 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
- $200
Solidly in the Hillside Select model, this vigorous young Cab is dramatically ripe and powerful. The flavors of red and black currants, milk chocolate, figs and smoky vanilla erupt in the mouth, making the tastebuds jump with joy. However, there is also the structure, among the greatest in California Cabs. The acidity is fine, but the tannins are stupendously rich…
— S.H.
(3/1/2008)
Chimney Rock 2009 Tomahawk Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- $135
This is so charming now, it’s hard to keep from drinking it. But it also has the dynamic tension to age well. Chimney Rock enters a whole new ballgame with its 2009 releases, which can stand against almost anything in Napa Valley. With a fleshy mouthfeel, softly sculpted tannins and complex flavors of blackberry, cassis, dark chocolate and plum sauce, this wine is…
— S.H.
(12/1/2012)
Chimney Rock 2009 Ganymede Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- $125
Delicious, stunning and dramatic, this varietal Cabernet shows exquisite balance of its many parts. The tannins are fierce but refined; the dryness complements flavors of ripe blackberry, black currant and dark chocolate; its smoky oak is subtle; a refreshing acidity provides life and zest. The overall impression is of an extraordinarily fine wine, drinkable now…
— S.H.
(12/1/2012)
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