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2008 Shafer Vineyards Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay
- Carneros, USA
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- $ 98 / 750ml
- From October 2020
- White - Buttery and Complex
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Includes 2018 25th Anniversary edition
Critic tasting note: "After many years of cult stardom, Shafer's Red Shoulder Ranch still rules. It performs the difficult feat of combining powerful richness with dry elegance. The pineapple, Meyer lemon and kaffir lime flavors are undergirded with a steely mineralty, while oak and lees add rich tiers of interest. The 2008 is tarter than usual, making it a good foil against lobster risotto or grilled salmon with a tropical fruit salsa topping." - 93/100, Wine Enthusiast
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Shafer Vineyards is a family-owned wine producer in the Stags Leap District of the Napa Valley. It is particularly known for its Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon, regarded as one of the very finest wines in California. With t...
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- Region or Appellation
- Producer Notes
- Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay is a wine that bears the elegant imprint of its vineyard home – 68 acres that roll across the pastoral hill country of Los Carneros, a place where Napa Valley meets the northernmost rim of San Francisco Bay. The vineyard is named to honor the Red-shouldered Hawks and other birds of prey that play a vital role in our sustainable farming practices (in this case keeping gopher and other rodent populations naturally under control).
- Drinking Window
- 2010-2013
- Alcohol ABV
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14.5 - 15%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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100% Chardonnay
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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French
- Winemaker
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Elias Fernandez
- Ownership
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Shafer family
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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Shafer’s Red Shoulder Ranch in Carneros.
- Winemaking
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Whole-cluster pressed and fermented with wild yeast in individual barrels (75% oak, 25% stainless steel); 0% malolactic fermentation
- Ageing
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14 months in 75% new French oak barrels (Allier, Vosges) and 25% in stainless steel barrels.
About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Chicken satay Starter Course
- Chicken in peanut sauce
- South East Asian
- Casserole of corn meal and chicken mole Main Course
- Mexican
- Cep and ricotta ravioli Main Course
- With Jerusalem artichoke fonduta and winter truffle
- Contains: porcini
- Argentinian
- Tortilla, chicken Main Course
- Contains: coriander, chilli
- Mexican
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Vintage quality: Good
Current condition: Ready to drink, will keep
The 2008 vintage for California was relatively good.
After a wet winter, the season began with an unusually dry spring which, despite the previous winter's rains, threatened drought, particularly in the more arid AVAS. Both April and March then saw abnormally ...
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