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Red
1985 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Stags Leap District
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Community Tasting Notes 14
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TexasBob Likes this wine: 92 points
December 17, 2020 - Medium garnet color. Sweet cherries, blood orange, and cranberries on the nose. Incredibly tangy notes of blood orange, Slightly green raspberries, and pomelo. Delicious.
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Burgnick wrote: 90 points
January 4, 2017 - Nose is secondary with blood, iron, leather and prunes. Palate is not very deep with some tobacco, leather and black fruit. It should be consumed now. Slightly off peak. It lacks the freshness.
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Vinnut Likes this wine: 92 points
September 6, 2015 - Medium-deep garnet in color with ever-so-slight clearing at the edges. Initially reticent with notes of leather & prunes; later developing with decanting and extended airing into a forward, attractive & complex nose of mature & developed, ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blueberries & plums with classic cigar box overtones of cedar & tobacco, leather, dried herbs, mint, licorice, dusty, spices, minerals, smoky and a hint of toasty oak. Medium-full bodied with good concentration of smooth textured & elegant, developed & mature, complex ripe fruit flavors of dark cherries, blueberries & plums with herbs, spices, minerals, earthy and a touch of toasty oak. Lingering silky finish. Drinks quite well at present and appears to be at its peak of development and should hold for a few more years although I doubt any further development would occur from additional aging. A nicely aged classic Napa Cab; still going strong at 30 years of age.
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Cardinalscientific wrote: 90 points
January 21, 2012 - Very light for a California Cab. Nice nose of sandalwood and licorice along with some berries. I bet this was much better 3-5 years ago. Very good, but just past it's prime. I wish I drank it sooner.
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JCF Likes this wine: 92 points
February 13, 2010 - The wine looks Brick colored.
It smells like Rose, Honeysuckle, and Pine.
It tastes like Pine, Sandalwood, Rose, Strawberry, and Tea.
The body is Medium.
The wine is textured Silky.
The wine finishes Long.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Napa Valley’s 2020s and 2021s, 2/16/2023 (link)(Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select) Subscribe to see review text.
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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.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/2/2003 (link)(Shafer, Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/2/2003 (link)(Shafer, Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
6/14/2012 (link) 92 points(Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select) Bricking very dark red violet color; tart blackberry, mint, ripe currant, roasted black fruit nose; tasty, tart blackberry, ripe currant, black plum, dried salty plum palate; medium-plus finish
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By Richard Jennings
9/6/2003 (link) 93 points(Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select) Herbaceous nose; concentrated, berry, cassis, cherry palate with a licorice note; long finish 93+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1985
- 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 96 (55%)
- Consumed 77 (44%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerShafer
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationStags Leap District
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