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Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 2014  - First Bottle

Reviews

98+ Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
Very deep inky-purple colored, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is incredibly intense and impactful on the nose, revealing notes of crushed black cherries, blackberries and fresh black currants with underlying notions of charcoal, sautéed herbs, black soil, chargrilled meat and pencil lead, plus a waft of violets. Very full-bodied, very rich and wonderfully concentrated, the wall of fruit is well matched by a firm structure of ripe, grainy tannins and plenty of freshness, finishing with great length and depth. 
97+ Vinous -
The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is one of the more restrained, understated versions of this wine I can remember tasting. Medium in body (in relative terms) and beautifully persistent, the 2014 makes its case more with a total sense of harmony rather than with bombastic power, as is sometimes the case. Moreover, the 2014 has really come together beautifully since I last tasted it. In 2014, Hillside Select is a wine of precision, with expressive aromatics and finely-knit tannins that support the mid-palate and finish nicely.
97 Jeb Dunnuck -
Lastly, the flagship 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (the only vintage where it wasn’t 100% was in 1984, when it included 9% Cabernet Franc) brought up all in high-class French oak. A textbook example of the balanced nature of the 2014 vintage, it offers a complex bouquet of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, tobacco leaf, and subtle minerality. Finesse-driven yet powerful on the palate, with full-bodied richness, its tannin structure is perfectly integrated into the wine, it has notable purity and freshness, and a great finish. It’s relatively approachable by this cuvée’s standard but has another 20-30 years of longevity ahead of it.

Technical Details

  • Blend100% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • WinemakerElias Fernandez
  • CountryUS
  • RegionCalifornia North Coast
  • AppellationStags Leap, Napa
  • Farming MethodSustainable
  • Oak100% new French oak (Allier and Troncais)
  • Aging/Cooperage32 months
  • Alcohol15.50%%

Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 2014

Cabernet Blends  |  US
WA98+, VN97+, JD97

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Is there a wine that gets you more stoked on a wine list than Shafer Hillside? This lush, classy Napa Cab is so rock-solid --- delivers HUGE pleasure and complexity year after year. Can't go wrong!

About the Producer

John Shafer uprooted his family from Chicago in 1972, and bought 209 acres in what would later become Stag's Leap District. He quickly planted a small parcel of Cabernet in the hillsides above the winery at the advice of Nathan Fay and created his first wine from that planting in 1978, a precursor to their legendary Hillside Select. John's son Doug joined the family biz in 1983 and has helped shepard the winery into the international limelight.