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2003 Shafer Vineyards Firebreak Sangiovese
- Stags Leap District, USA
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 75 / 750ml
- Red - Rich and Intense
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Critic tasting note: "The name refers to Shafer discontinuing this wine, which isSangiovese, with the balance Cabernet. Sangiovese, it seems, doesn't sell. What a pity, because it's one of the best super Tuscan wines in California. The '03 is extraordinarily rich and complex, a fruit-forward wine but no bomb. It's controlled in every respect. Some of us will miss it." - 93/100, Wine Enthusiast
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Highlights
- From Stags Leap District, USA
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 75 / 750ml
- Red Wine – Rich and Intense
- Sangiovese
- Pairs well with Lamb
Winery
Shafer Vineyards is a family-owned wine producer in the Stags Leap District of the Napa Valley. It is particularly known for its Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon, regarded as one of the very finest wines in California. With t...
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- Drinking Window
- 2006-2012
- Winemaker
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Elias Fernandez
- Ownership
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Shafer family
About the Wine
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Vintage quality: Good
Current condition: Ready to drink
The 2003 vintage for California was average to good.Both winter and spring were mild with some rain but no frost. The balmy weather meant an early budbreak but conditions changed in April which turned wet and grey. Both late spring and early summer saw inconsistent weat...
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