Name: Classic Style 2006 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon - 750ml Cyber Monday Only [UPJc6fhi]
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Classic Style 2006 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon - 750ml Cyber Monday Only [UPJc6fhi]

2006 Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon - 97 pts!

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 the first wines appearing in 1978, Shafer Vineyards is one of the founding estates of – and a benchmark in quality for – the Stags Leap District AVA. The scores for Hillside Select have been incredibly consistent in the 97 to 100 point range.

Shafer has around 140 acres of vines in the Stags Leap District, spread out across several vineyards. The Hillside Estate vineyard has shallow, free-draining soils tha produce small, intensly flavored berries. The best blocks are used to make the Hillside Select, a plummy, cherry-laden wine with ripe tannins that will age well for a decade or more.

Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2006
Rating	97 RP
Bottle Size	750 ml
Bottle Quantity	1
Country	USA
Region	California
Location	North Coast
Producer	Shafer Vineyards
Color	Red
Wine Type	Table

Rating

97 RP - The flagship wine, the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select performed even better this year than last year. A candidate for one of the top "wines of the vintage," it reveals beautiful aromas and flavors of grilled meats and herbs intertwined with extravagant amounts of blackberry and cassis fruit, licorice, and charcoal. Extremely full-bodied, pure, deep, and layered, this is another prodigious Hillside Select that should evolve for 25-30 years. This family-owned winery routinely fashions exceptional wines from their Stags Leap vineyards. Moreover, they have long been the reference point for what can be achieved in Stags Leap. My highest compliments to this great winery.

Wine Spectator

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Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2006
Rating	97 RP
Bottle Size	750 ml
Bottle Quantity	1
Country	USA
Region	California
Location	North Coast
Producer	Shafer Vineyards
Color	Red
Production	2500 cases