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2004 Shafer Vineyards One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon
- Stags Leap District, USA
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 142 / 750ml
- Red - Bold and Structured
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Critic tasting note: "As of this vintage, Shafer has done away with their Napa Valley Cabernet bottling and replaced it with this proprietarily namedCab. It's a junior version of Hillside Select, from different vineyards and not as oaky. But it's nearly as massive in black currants, cherries and carob bean, a dry wine that never loses elegance. Needs a year or so to become less tight and more expressive." - 93/100, Wine Enthusiast
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Highlights
- From Stags Leap District, USA
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 142 / 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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- Region or Appellation
- Producer Notes
- On a cold day in January 1983, Doug Shafer entered the family winery for the first time as winemaker. The future of Shafer Vineyards was an unknown back then. Doug’s father, John Shafer, had produced his first wine, 1978 Cabernet Sauvignon, which been on the market about 18 months. Even though it would go on to win accolades, it took a long time to get our first Cabernet any attention. For the father-and-son team it was the start of a working relationship that has lasted more than 30 years – a partnership embedded in the name One Point Five. John and Doug eventually coined the term “a generation and a half” to differentiate theirs from a traditional second-generation story.
- Drinking Window
- 2008-2028
- Alcohol ABV
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15.3%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec & Petit Verdot
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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French
- Winemaker
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Elias Fernandez
- Ownership
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Shafer family
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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Predominately from two Stags Leap District sites — Shafer’s hillside estate vineyard and “Borderline” vineyard located about two miles south of the winery.
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- Ageing
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20 months in 100% new French oak barrels (Allier & Tronçais).
About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Pigeon pastilla Starter Course
- Contains: pistachio, cinnamon
- Moroccan
- Toulouse sausages & mash Main Course
- Toulouse sausages served with herb mash, shallot gravy and crispy onions
- Contains: pork sausage, mashed potato
- French
- Meat tagine Main Course
- Contains: ras el hanout, prunes
- Moroccan
- Merguez Main Course
- Spicy lamb sausages
- Moroccan
Related News
(1)Q&A: Doug Shafer, Shafer Vineyards, Napa Valley
User Ratings
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Vintage quality: Good
Current condition: Ready to drink, will keep
The 2004 vintage for California was generally good.
The growing season began with a warm spring which was, at times, hot which rapidly boosted vine growth and both budburst and flowering were early. However, after the initial flush of heat, temperatures cooled...
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