2001 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

Community Tasting Notes (215) Avg Score: 95.6 points

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  8/12/2023 - Topper wrote: 95 Points

  No sign of fading but ever so slightly mellower now than before. Fine winemaking and a perfect accompaniment to steak. Worth the price.

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  2/15/2023 - 2loyal Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Wonderful bottle of wine and I certainly wish I had more (should have waited on my first of two bottles, as this is drinking great now, but was by no means showing any signs of decline). That said, I would not pay $400+ for this (or many other bottles).

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  12/22/2022 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points

  Dinner with Wayne at Kevin's. Local Twin Cities beloved Chef Don Saunders killed it for our crew at Kevin's place. 11 of us were treated to a night with Kevin's spry 91yr old dad who delighted everyone! Wayne Loves Cabernet & BDX so we had some potentially monumental reds to compliment a great night while 30 below MN temps whipped at the door. Thanks Kevin! WB,KB,VB,CV,DD,JV,BB,ML,LI,CS & SS. Lonny's wine tonight and the beast amongst the other more subtle & further aged Ca Cab's & BDXs. I last had this almost 10yrs ago. Looking back at my notes I don't think this has changed a great deal and I wonder about its ability to take on the glories of tertiary old school CA Cabs like the 91 Mondavi Reserve and the BDXs from the 80s we also had? Still, always an intriguing & flavorful iconic Ca Cab to taste. Very kind of Lonny to open this! For many palates this is closer to a 100pt wine and deservedly so.

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  12/22/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points

  Dinner with Dad: Aged Napa, Bordeaux & Don Saunders (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Saturated dark red/purple color. Slow -O for 90 minutes or so. Drank a glass over 90 minutes. Drank this "with" the flight of '91 Mondavi and Montelena. This is a very different animal from the '91's (and obviously 10 years younger), but an outstanding wine by most any standards. Personally, I feel while this is a bigger style of wine, it does not give up the balance, complexity and essence that I think of as old school Napa. This is actually the wine that I thought my dad would really trip for, and I was right. He was thrilled by it, and it was his WOTN. Black currant, deep berry fruit of the forest pie, eucalyptus, subtle violet. The palate has a beautiful velvet texture, tart black and purple berry fruits, savory, plum, pencil, oak spices, medium slightly grainy tannins. Ripe fruit, but very well counterbalanced and undeniably delicious. 95 to 96pts.

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  10/11/2022 - fisk15 wrote: 99 Points

  Pretty epic, purchased on release and stored properly since. Very dark and not showing signs of it's 21 years. Drinking well, can't imagine it getting any better.

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