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Shafer, Hillside Select 2019

Get to know: Shafer, Hillside Select 2019

Tasting Note

“The 2019 vintage embodies classic Hillside Select richness, vibrancy, and balance. The aromas push out of the glass, offering black cherry, cedar, cassis, and juicy red summer berries with lifted floral tones. Even at this youthful age, the complexity of the vintage is striking, merging dark fruit with tobacco, espresso, black olive, red plum, and black tea. The expansive mid-palate is complemented by ripe integrated tannins that add depth and structure, culminating in a long, profound finish.” - Elias Fernandez, Shafer Winemaker

Enjoyable now or keep for up to 20 years.

Kate Says

"This is the top wine from this esteemed Napa Valley Winery. It is one of the wines that helped Napa Valley forge it's reputation for world class Cabernet Sauvignon and this vintage is tasting incredible. Huge concentration and complexity delivered on a velvety palate with lots of finesse."

Producer Info

Hillside Select is sourced from a collection of 14 small vineyard blocks planted within an eons-old amphitheater-like structure of rock and volcanic soil that surrounds the winery. Thanks to scant soil nutrients and moisture, yields at harvest are meager and the berries are small, about the size of blueberries. This Stags Leap District site’s combination of rugged, arid soil and climate results in lush Cabernet Sauvignon fruit with dark color and intense, classic flavor.

The wine ages in new French oak barrels for 32 months prior to bottling. The Cabernet rests for another year in the bottle before it is ready for release.

Only about 2,400 cases of Shafer’s signature wine are produced each year.

Shafer Vineyards has produced classic Napa Valley wines for more than 40 years. The vineyard and cellar teams, led by winemaker Elias Fernandez, cultivate more than 200 acres of Shafer-owned vineyards. The winery has a decades-long commitment to sustainability. Beginning in the 1980s Shafer embraced farming techniques that eliminate insecticides and herbicides, and carefully conserve water resources. In 2004 Shafer became the first winery in the U.S. to go 100% solar. 

USA, Napa Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

15.5% ABV

15.50%

75cl

Vegan

Beef

Full Bodied

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