1998 Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
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1998 Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
750 ml
USA: California: Napa: Stag's Leap District > Cabernet Sauvignon
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Reviews of 1998 Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
94 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
August 2002
...The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is a candidate for wine of the vintage. It continues to gain weight...Its opaque purple color is accompanied by gorgeous aromas of graphite, vanilla, black currant liqueur, and minerals. This rich, full-bodied Cabernet offers sweet tannin, a layered texture, and a finish that lasts for 45-50 seconds. It is a splendid accomplishment in a difficult vintage...
90 points, Stephen Tanzer
May 2001
...Medium ruby. Black cherry and red licorice on the nose; largely avoids the herbal aspect shown by this winery other 1998 reds. Very intense flavors of black cherry, licorice and mint, but still tightly wound, even a bit clenched, and unevolved for a '98. Very long, firm finish hints at mint and exotic Indian spices...
95 points, Wine Enthusiast
December 2002
An absolute joy, and a very great success for this vintage, which produced so many disappointing Cabernets. Unusually dark. Begins closed, but swirling brings out cassis and loads of smoky oak. Dense and lush, it’s incredibly long on flavor, with fabulous intensity. The reputation of this collector’s wine is undiminished.
92 points, Wine Spectator
October 2001
...Has lots of richness, depth and complexity, with layers of earthy currant, anise, black cherry and blackberry fruit, showing far more depth and ripeness than most from this vintage...
About 1998 Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
About the Winery Shafer Vineyards
One of Napa’s most prominent and respected wineries, Shafer is a poster
boy for remarkable and consistent quality across the boardAll of this is the work of the brilliant father and son team of John
and Doug Shafer as well as their long-term winemaker and vineyard
manager, Elias Fernandez. With over 200-plus acres of estate holdings,
and 55 surrounding their winery in Stags Leap, this is a winery that
never seems to disappoint.
About the Wine
"Hillside Select is made of 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon fruit sourced from rugged hillside vineyard blocks on our Stags Leap District Estate. Truly a “wine of a place,” this Cabernet exemplifies the extraordinary richness and suppleness consistently produced in this little valley within a valley...made of 100% hillside-grown Cabernet...This Hillside Select from the legendary 2001 vintage offers aromatic and extremely concentrated black currant fruit; round, rich, layered flavors, with a balanced seasoning of minerals, tobacco, and herbs; a core of sweetness emerges from our small-berried hillside fruit with a long, mouth-filling finish of dark chocolate, vanilla and spice all surrounded by the classic silky tannins of the Stags Leap District.
Hillside Select is aged a full four years prior to release (three years in Alliers and Tronçais oak barrels and one year in the bottle). While enjoyable today, this wine will gain richness and maturity with up to 20 years of careful cellaring...a potentially perfect wine in the making. A skyscraper that builds in the mouth with multiple dimensions, amazing layers of flavor, great delicacy, and tremendous purity … as good as Cabernet can be..."
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