Community Tasting Notes 133

• Peech Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 1, 2024 - served about 2 hours after decanting. There was more green capsicum on the nose than I had expected, but otherwise the nose was very smoky. There was still some ripe fruit here but no longer front-and-center, while black peppercorns were now more obvious. The wine was showing pretty elegantly after about 2½ hours in the decanter, about the same time that my last bottle reached its peak.

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• AllRed wrote: 94 points

  September 15, 2023 - Friday Night Uptown Brown Bagger (R&D's): Deep color, showing much younger than it actually is. Opens with aromas of cedar, black currant, dusty earth and plum. Again, nicely balanced and integrated. Flavors of black fruit dominate the palate, with subtle earth, leather and tobacco qualities mixed in. Finishes with good length. WOTF for a couple of tasters.
  
  This had been quickly double decanted about 2.5 hours before the flight was poured and remained under cork until just before service. An hour in the decanter certainly would not have hurt, hindsight being 20/20. Sadly, our only bottle, as there's at least a few years left at a very high level, if this was a representative bottle.

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• jlgnml wrote: 90 points

  June 30, 2023 - I have had this btl since release. All CT scores looked great. No this btl. I am selling the other soon.

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• Peech Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 27, 2023 - drank 1½ hours after decanting. Pretty open and fragrant, smoky, with some green pepper, grilled meats, graphite, and also sweet fruit. Soft tannins. Really nice after 2 hours in the decanter, with a little savory minerals, and very complex now. Really opened up after 2½ hours in the decanter and much more oaky.

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• Empirate wrote: flawed

  December 16, 2022 - Corked

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Shafer
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Hillside Select
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Stags Leap District
• UPC Code 013528400023

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• Pending Delivery 6 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,135 (56%)
• Consumed 889 (44%)

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