2013 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon One Point Five
Community Tasting Note
Squilber Likes this wine:
93 Points
Friday, October 26, 2018 - Very good Cab and nice value. Dare I say it tastes (and costs) like a poor man's Hillside Select, which is no insult.
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Comment posted by Wine G:
10/26/2018 10:27:00 AM - So then the question becomes........Would you prefer to have 3-4 bottles of any given vintage of the 1.5, or 1 bottle of the Hillside of that same vintage??
Comment posted by Squilber:
10/26/2018 11:13:00 AM - Tough call. Very tough. I'd go with the multiple bottles of 1.5. I've only had Hillside Select 3x.
Comment posted by jviz:
10/26/2018 1:10:00 PM - When you visit Shafer you get to try the whole lineup including red shoulder chard, relentless, now TD-9, 1.5, and HSS. The pours are generous so if you like Shafer wines, it’s probably a good deal at $75/per. The informational session was pretty basic/traditional but the wines were good, if a bit heavy.
The hillside is the best overall but they all seem to be of a type. I agree with both comments above. One point five is quite similar to (although maybe not as dense as) Hillside select and I would probably rather have 3-4 bottles vs just 1. Actually dollar for dollar, I thought relentless was the most interesting wine on the table. Curious to see how all behave with age. I have some 1.5 half bottles that will sleep a while
Comment posted by Squilber:
10/26/2018 3:15:00 PM - Nice. We visited Napa and Shafer Vineyard in 2004. I don’t remember them having that same type of tasting, but I was pretty buzzed so who knows?