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2005 Shafer Vineyards One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon
- Stags Leap District, USA
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 149 / 750ml
- Red - Bold and Structured
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Critic tasting note: "This is a sort of junior bottling to their world-famous and superexpensive Hillside Select. The 2005 is a very good Cab (withPetite Verdot), but a bit on the soft, sweet, obvious side. Showing pie-filling, almost candied cherry, blackberry, raspberry and chocolate flavors, it resembles many other California Cabernets that don't cost nearly as much." - 87/100, Wine Enthusiast
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2005 Bottle (750ml)
Shafer Vineyards One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 2005
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Highlights
- From Stags Leap District, USA
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 149 / 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
- 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
- 2008-2030
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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14.5%
- Residual Sugar g/L
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0 g/L
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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98% Cabernet Sauvignon & 2% Petit Verdot
Production Attributes
- 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
- Total Production Volume
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Less than 24,000 Bottles
- 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
"If we were 10 or 15 miles away in Sonoma I wouldn't be making hillside cabernet. This little spot is like Goldilocks and the Three Bears: not too hot, not too cold, just right."
12-Jun-2013
2005 vintage
90 / 100
7 scores
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80 - 84
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When to drink: 2008 to 2030
2005 Vintage
Tasted: Jan 2008
This is a sort of junior bottling to their world-famous and superexpensive Hillside Select. The 2005 is a very good Cab (withPetite Verdot), but a bit on the soft, sweet, obvious side. Showing pie-filling, almost candied cherry, blackberry, raspberry and chocolate flavors, it resembles many other California Cabernets that don't cost nearly as much.
2005 Vintage
Tasted: Jun 2015
When to drink: 2015 to 2030
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Vintage
Critics Score
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All
92 / 100
$ 127
2021
94 / 100
$ 128
2019
92 / 100
$ 128
2018
93 / 100
$ 118
2017
92 / 100
$ 113
2016
93 / 100
$ 121
2015
92 / 100
$ 117
2014
92 / 100
$ 96
2013
92 / 100
$ 110
2012
91 / 100
$ 110
2011
90 / 100
$ 120
2010
92 / 100
$ 125
2009
90 / 100
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2008
91 / 100
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2007
91 / 100
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2006
91 / 100
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2005
90 / 100
$ 149
2004
91 / 100
$ 144
1999
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$ 108
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2005 Vintage: California Learn more
Vintage quality: Excellent
Current condition: Ready to drink
The 2005 vintage for California was overall excellent.
The growing season began with a soggy wet winter and damp spring.However, despite the damp, both budburst and flowering were mostly early across the state and vine growth was abundant promoting higher yields tha...
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