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1992 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon
- Stags Leap District, USA
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 358 / 750ml
- Red - Bold and Structured
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Producer tasting notes: "Amber at the edges of the glass. A smooth, seamless wine. Long finish. Showing bottle bouquet." - Shafer Vineyards
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1992 Bottle (750ml)
Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon [I9422833]
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1992 Bottle (750ml)
1992 Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District 750ml
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Highlights
- From Stags Leap District, USA
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 358 / 750ml
- Red Wine – Bold and Structured
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Pairs well with Beef and Venison
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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About the Product
- Region or Appellation
- Producer Notes
- Hillside Select is a wine of a place, sourced from carefully selected blocks of Stags Leap District hillside vineyards.These grapes are small and deeply colored, with concentrated flavors enhanced by meticulous winemaking and extensive aging in French oak barrels. Hillside Select consistently expresses the voluptuous fruit, rich flavors, and velvety texture that characterize grapes grown in this renown AVA.
- Drinking Window
- 2003-2034
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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15.5%
- Sweetness
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Dry
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100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Production Attributes
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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French
- Winemaker
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Elias Fernandez
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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100% hillside vineyards in Stags Leap District including Shafer’s estate vineyard blocks Sunspot John’s Upper 7, Venado Ilegal, and Firebreak
- Ageing
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32 months in 100% new 60-gallon French oak barrels (Allier and Tronçais)
- Producer Tasting Notes
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Amber at the edges of the glass. A smooth, seamless wine. Long finish. Showing bottle bouquet.
About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Meat pastilla Starter Course
- Contains: pistachio, cinnamon
- Moroccan
- Tablas de Monterrey Main Course
- Beef ribs with lemon and beer
- Contains: short rib
- Mexican
- Grain fed rib Main Course
- Contains: beef rib
- French
- Shinco di agnello Main Course
- Slow roast lamb shanks
- Italian
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1992 vintage
92 / 100
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When to drink: 2003 to 2034
1992 Vintage
Tasted: Dec 2014
When to drink: 2014 to 2034
User Ratings
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1992 Vintage: California Learn more
Vintage quality: Excellent
Current condition: Ready to drink
For California, 1992 was a very good vintage.
The year began wet, but conditions were still good enough to prompt an early budbreak. Although persistent cool conditions caused millerandage disrupting both Cabernet and Merlot vines. A hot summer caused much of the Me...
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