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Red
1996 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Premiere Napa Valley SunSpot Vineyard
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Stags Leap District
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Community Tasting Notes 1
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NoTrollingerPlease wrote: 92 points
December 2, 2017 - Best bottle - X-Mas Edition (Restaurant 5, Stuttgart): Glass: Zalto Bordeaux
Decanted. Never heard of this wine before. A strict selection of the best berries from a single parcel (Sunspot). This is one of the different parcels that Shafer sources its famous Hillside select. Only 1 barrel produced, sold at auction if I get it right.
As the name Sunspot promises, this wine comes clearly from a very warm area: Deep, ruby, purple color. Needs a lot of air and time to open up, lots of primary fruit, herbs, spruce needles. Still very young.
Dry, lots of extract sweetness. 14,1% abv, that makes this wine occasionally a bit hot. High, very silky tannin, medium acidity. Lots of primary red and dark fruit, herbs, resin. Warm taste. I guess it is still way to young and needs a lot of time to blend in all its fruit and melt down some baby fat. Really hard to rate. Amazing experience, but at the moment only around 92+
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- Type Red
- Producer Shafer
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Premiere Napa Valley
- Vineyard SunSpot Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Stags Leap District
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 11 (92%)
- Consumed 1 (8%)
Food Pairing
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- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationStags Leap District
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