2008 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

Community Tasting Notes (131) Avg Score: 94.9 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View chialuvwines's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/29/2023 - chialuvwines Likes this wine: 93 Points

  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.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View debrawco's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/21/2023 - debrawco Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Excellent. Full bodied, mellow, no tannin.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Vino Me's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/4/2023 - Vino Me wrote: 93 Points

  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.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View AllRed's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/29/2023 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points

  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.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View bobadopolis's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/13/2023 - bobadopolis Likes this wine: 92 Points

  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.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 131 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.