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Shafer Hillside Select in Boston - Take II
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Tasted Tuesday, October 22, 2019 by mattiasjansson with 229 views
Flight 1 - Welcome Champagne (1 Note)
Flight 2 - Hillside 1 (4 Notes)
1991 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 96 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Soft tannins and medium fruit. Mature. Beautifully balanced with excellent finish. Probably at peak now.
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1992 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Soft. Showing age. A hint of prunes. Tired or slightly heat damaged? The table was split on whether it was flawed or not, but I don't think it was beyond the typical bottle variation for a 27-year old wine. I tasted another bottle a couple of years ago and it was even more tired.
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1996 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Flawed
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Corked
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1998 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Surprisingly fruit-forward. Fresh with hints of ground black pepper. Medium tannins.
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Flight 3 - Hillside 2 (3 Notes)
2002 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 98 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Just beautiful. Still young and the fruit is mostly primary. Mouth-coating tannins and a long, long finish. The best example I've tasted of this vintage.
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2007 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Medium-plus fruit. Tannins well integrated. Starting to show some maturity (more so than the '02 we tasted side-by-side). Long, beautiful finish.
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2008 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 95 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Fresh and fruit-forward. Baby-version of the '02. Great overall but a slight metallic note on the palate.
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Flight 4 - Hillside 3 (4 Notes)
1999 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
This was an odd one. When I smelled the bottle I got strong notes of TCA and wrote it off as corked. Once poured, however, there was no trace of it. Medium-to-big fruit. Still young.
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2009 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Tannins starting to integrate. Slightly pruney, otherwise very nice.
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2010 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
This is a baby! Huge fruit. Typical cali cab. Just a very good one.
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2012 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 95 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Surprisingly mellow - at least compared to the 2010. Well balanced with a beautiful finish.
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Flight 5 - Dessert (2 Notes)
2004 Paul Cluver Weisser Riesling Noble Late Harvest 91 Points
South Africa, Cape South Coast, Elgin
Great nose. Palate started out thin/monolithic but developed very nicely in the glass. Dried fruits. Apricot. I initially rated this an 88 but upped it 3 points over 20 mins in the glass.
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2001 Château Rieussec 96 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Medium amber color. Intense nose. Dried, tropical fruits. Peach, quince. I've had the '01 Rieussec a number of times and this was one of the better examples
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NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée 94 Points
France, Champagne
Green apple. Medium-plus acidity. Clean fruit. Wonderful finish.
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