1978 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Note

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97 Points

Friday, May 19, 2023 - Richter Pre-Gaming Night (w/ some new world icons): Amazing wine, much better than a bottle a few months ago. Loads of complexity, super elegant, perfectly balanced. If the nose would have been as good as the palate, this could have been a 100pts wine. So it is 97+ pts.

TN: Fine, dark fruited, somkey, fresh herbal and minerality driven nose. Some faint earthy and tobacco notes too. On the palate…. Wow. Intense, deep aromatics with fine fresh pure strawberry, darker cassis notes, herbs and minerality, malty notes, some coffee notes. So soft and round, so elegant, yet full of tension. Perfect balance. Long and superb finish.

Decanting: 1-2 hours should be sufficient.

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