2004 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

Community Tasting Notes (250) Avg Score: 95.2 points

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  3/7/2024 - salil wrote: 91 Points

  WCC 2004 California Cab Blind Tasting (Fort Orange Club, Albany, NY): Spectacular aromatics here - an array of dark chocolate, violets, black fruit, and more low toned smoky and earthy savouriness. A lovely wine to just sit and smell, though the palate doesn't quite live up - there's plenty of ripe, luscious fruit here, but also a tinge of heat on the finish.

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  3/7/2024 - kenv Likes this wine: 97 Points

  WCC 2004 California Cab Blind Tasting (Fort Orange Club, Albany, NY): [Double-decanted around 2pm.] The muted nose of black currants slowly opens up to brighter fruit and flowers. Young, but so rich and complex. Very long finish. Easily the WOTN for me and the group.

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  12/25/2023 - davidandrose Likes this wine: 94 Points

  2 hrs slow ox, not decanted. Right out of the bottle there was a bit of raisin/prune out of both standard and Somm stems, however, this could be the result of several moves (have had issues with several other pre-move HSS bottles) but has largely blown off.
  
  Still ample dark fruit and a lovely, balanced satiny coating across the entire palate. For me this is in a great place and unlikely to improve. Pleased that this is my final, but again, there may have been some transit damage that has shortened the life of this in my cellar.

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  8/30/2023 - jedwilson Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Drank a bottle in 2013 with friends and rated it 98 then: "Wow! What a wine! From a vintage that some have "taken to task," this excellent cabernet has multi-layered characteristics, wonderful integration, smooth tannins, rich taste and long finish. Don't let anyone make you think this wine is anything short of amazing! Drink now through 2024."
  Drinking a bottle in 2023 (10 years later) and I would say the same as then. I don't believe cellaring from here will significantly enhance - enjoy!

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  7/19/2023 - signotim wrote: flawed

  Corked. Bummer

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