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1989 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon
- Stags Leap District, USA
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 290 / 750ml
- Red - Bold and Structured
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Producer tasting notes: "Complex, mature Cabernet aromas that lead to flavors of dried herb, black tea, rose petal, and cedar. Soft tannins, velvety mouthfeel, nice length." - Shafer Vineyards
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Highlights
- From Stags Leap District, USA
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 290 / 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...
Details
- 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
- 2003-2022
- Alcohol ABV
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15.5%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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100% Cabernet Sauvignon
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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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Complex, mature Cabernet aromas that lead to flavors of dried herb, black tea, rose petal, and cedar. Soft tannins, velvety mouthfeel, nice length.
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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User Ratings
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Vintage quality: Average
Current condition: Likely past it
The 1989 Californian vintage produced some good wines but there were also plenty of disappointments.
A difficult year for California as the spring was great and rolled into an almost perfect, if a little on the cool side, summer. However, heavy rains fell just before ...
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