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1988 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Stags Leap District
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Community Tasting Notes 4
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Burgundy Al wrote: 90 points
September 3, 2017 - Pre-Labor Day Cabernet Dinner (Casa de la Mata - Chicago IL): Tasted double blind. earthy with broad flavors and textures. Every hair is in its place, even if not particularly powerful or complex. Very good now. My 5th favorite of the flight, group's 5th as well.
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dccc wrote: 80 points
August 27, 2007 - Tried after a short time then decanted all night in cellar. The nose was sour and the taste was bitter. I'm not sure if the wine is totally past it's time or never was that good to start with (per Robert Parker).
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bsherwin wrote:
February 19, 2006 - It's amazing what a great winemaker can do with a tough vintage. I didn't quite know what to expect with this wine. Dark in the glass. Lovely nose of current and earth. Fruit left on the palate? You betcha. Vibrant fruit (black cherries and wild berries) that, I must say, was completely unexpected. Not waves and waves of layered fruit mind you, but youthful vivacious fruit that you'd expect of a much younger wine of a good vintage. Good minerality too, not that you'd mistake it for Bordeaux. Velvety mouthfeel. Developed some cocoa and dark plummy flavors with air. Smooth exit with a long, long finish. Not the most complex wine I've ever had, but superb nonetheless. It would be intesting to horizontal this wine against other '88s. I think it would stand out. This one still has some life left too.
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bestdamncab Likes this wine: 75 points
May 9, 1991 - 5 Cabernet and Bordeaux Reds tasted. Featured a nice cabernet nose, simple cabernet fruit in the mouth, enough acid, fruit, and tannin to suggest age might help, not my style nor those tasting with me, Fifth place, Group #5.
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By Stephen Tanzer
Vertical Tasting of Shafer’s Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select (Jul 2016), 7/1/2016 (link)(Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1988
- Type Red
- Producer Shafer
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Hillside Select
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Stags Leap District
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
- In Cellars 58 (50%)
- Consumed 56 (49%)
Food Pairing
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationStags Leap District
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