1984 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  5/21/2020 - VinLouie Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Surprisingly fresh and clean. Good dark color with hint of amber at rim. Fresh fruit dark berry fruit with eucalyptus and slight oak on the nose. Black cherry and black currant flavors that are bright and well balanced. Fresh fruit, but very elegant with good length. Becomes more savory with about an hour of air. Classic old school Napa cab. Won’t get any better but has another few years left.

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  12/14/2013 - WineFish-Queen wrote:

  Drank, needed decanting but openned up with about an hour out of the bottle

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  1/1/2010 - 1800kidney wrote: 92 Points

  Lovely old time California cabernet..very nice balance and fruit presence up front, long finish. Delighted its lasted this long, would not carry any longer

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  12/15/2007 - Terkel wrote: 95 Points

  Year end blindtasting: Dark red color. Youthfull nose with intense aromas of black currant and other black berries, also packing more subtle notes of sour curdled milk and vanila. Very concentrated fruit on the palate packing intense flavours and leaving a very youthfull impression in the mouth. Sweet oak and coconut shows up on the midpalate and finish, and the tannins still makes a powerfull presence. Super long taste and amazing complexity, at the same time all the elements are beautifully intertwined in the smooth mouthfeel that is an absolute pleasure to drink. I'm utterly stunned by how youthfully this wine is at this age.

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  8/3/1997 - buckeye76 wrote: 92 Points

  COFFEE, CHERRIES, CHOCOLATE, DEEP FRUIT, TERRAGON & BACON IN THE NOSE. RICH DEEP FRUIT IN THE FLAVOR. NICE COMPLEXITY AND A MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH. MATURED NICELY SINCE 2/89 YOUTHFUL TASTING (89)

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