Community Tasting Note
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Mark wrote: 88 points
July 22, 2004 - I'm never cease to be impressed with the Shafer Red Shoulder. The wine has uncanny aging ability. At a tasting with Doug Shafer many years ago, he commented that the 95 has surpassed his expecatations on how long it can live. The 97 is getting into the golden age. The first 30 minutes were a disappointment, I thought the wine was dead beyond a doubt, but slowly, over time, the fruit, the buttery carmel candy characteristics intensived in teh glass, the finish (very harsh at first), rounded out. Citrus, lemon peel notes emerged, subtle oak. About the only thing that didn't change was the medium honey yellow color of the wine. The finish, although rounding out well over time, is not a fat and smooth as it used to be. To be sure, this wine has peaked, it's not getting nay better and has lost the intensity in fruit that it had in it's youth, but it's still unmistakablly Red shoulder in character, and will continue to drink well for a little bit longer.
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