2005 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

Community Tasting Notes (224) Avg Score: 95.3 points

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  4/13/2024 - curtisfrancois wrote: 98 Points

  Wow. Everything I expected. Purchased from the winery on release and this was the first taste.
  
  The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is moderate sediment in the bottle. It smells like red currant, plum and light toast.

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  2/14/2024 - shaferguy91 wrote: 95 Points

  Decanted 1 hour.

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  12/31/2023 - JuliannaDHS Likes this wine:

  Unsure if I should rate this 96 or 86. It really comes down to my preference in red wine and this is not exactly it. Mind you, there's no denying this is a high quality wine. This is the color of ink. Massive nose of ripe dark fruit, coffee, and alcohol. A huge but balanced body with dark fruit flavors, berry schnapps, oaky vanilla. Gripping finish.

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  10/16/2023 - Winiac wrote: 96 Points

  Nimble and delicious! Drink it, it is going to loose its verve.

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  10/3/2023 - Peech Likes this wine: 96 Points

  from magnum - double-decanted and stoppered for about 1½ hours, then served after an additional 2 hours of aeration. Showing beautifully with tons of mint, smoke, ripe fruits. Fragrant and woodsy on the nose. Tannins were still here but had already softened to become pretty sexy.

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