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2008 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

Cabernet Sauvignon

  • USA
  • California
  • Napa Valley
  • Stags Leap District
Drink between 2016 - 2029 (Edit)
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Community Tasting Notes 131

  • chialuvwines Likes this wine: 93 points

    December 29, 2023 - One of 2023 highlights. Another generous treat from a friend. Decanted for 2 hours and drank after dinner. Love the nose. Extremely elegant and silky smooth. One of the best.

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  • debrawco Likes this wine: 95 points

    May 21, 2023 - Excellent. Full bodied, mellow, no tannin.

  • Vino Me wrote: 93 points

    May 4, 2023 - Served blind. Opened by Allred. 2nd time I have had this wine. Deep purple color. This was still rather tight and likely needs more time to show better. Notes of plums, leather, pepper and black cherries. Round finish. Other vintages I've had include the 1985, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2009 and 2010. The best was the 2009. 93 points.

  • AllRed wrote: 93 points

    April 29, 2023 - 4th Saturday Brown Bagger (EBCC): Blind. Similar to wine I, with chocolate and dark fruit qualities, with the addition of saddle leather and mocha. Long finish. Not as expressive as previous examples but still lush and forward and very enjoyable.

    This was decanted for about two hours then rebottled, poured around four and a half hours after the cork was pulled.

  • bobadopolis Likes this wine: 92 points

    April 13, 2023 - Drank with Chad and Nicole. Delicious for sure, but this particular bottle took second fiddle to a 1996 Lynch Bages and a 2010 Clos des Papes CDP, both of which were considerably less expensive. This was also definitively inferior to the 2006 vintage that we had a week before. Tannins were well resolved and still had considerable residual dark black and purple fruit, seemingly ready to drink now. Not complaining here, but honestly this bottle underperformed given the high expectations... maybe just a matter of bottle variation. Will drink my one remaining bottle in 2-5 years.

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    Vintage Retrospective: The 2008 Napa Valley Cabernets (May 2018), 5/18/2018 (link)

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    Vertical Tasting of Shafer’s Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select (Jul 2016), 7/1/2016 (link)

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 2013, IWC Issue #168 (link)

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: An Epic Vintage (Dec 2012) (link)

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011) (link)

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 2011, IWC Issue #156 (link)

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2008
  • Type Red
  • Producer Shafer
  • Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Designation Hillside Select
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country USA
  • Region California
  • SubRegion Napa Valley
  • Appellation Stags Leap District
  • UPC Codes 013528400023, 450208097508, 9074582400023

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 24 (0%)
  • In Cellars 4,574 (67%)
  • Consumed 2,270 (33%)

Food Pairing

Community Recommendations

grilled lamb chops, Grilled steak, NCEF auction, Ribeye, venison

Who Likes This Wine

98% Like It  98 votes

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