2008 Shafer, Hillside Select, Stags Leap District, Magnum (1.5L)
$495
96AG96WS
Critic key
AG = Antonio GalloniWS = Wine Spectator
- Rating
- AG96/WS96
- Producer
- Shafer
- Vintage
- 2008
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Stags Leap District
- Country
- United States
- Format
- Magnum
- Volume
- 1500mL
- ABV
- 15.5
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
AG96 "The estate's 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is one of those rare wines that looks like it will be absolutely delicious pretty much at any point in its life. Super-refined and silky, the 2008 caresses the palate with layers of deeply expressive dark fruit. The 2008 is a wine of exceptional textural finesse and pedigree. According to Doug Shafer, cool weather in the spring resulted in small clusters with high skin to juice ratios, always a plus for high quality wines. Today the 2008 does not look like a huge Hillside Select, but is rather a wine built on polish and elegance. It will be interesting to see if the 2008 fills out in bottle, or it remains more restrained in its personality." AG for WA Dec 2012
WS96 "Muscular and tightly wound, yet beautifully focused and proportioned, dense and chewy, delivering rich layers of dried currant, blackberry, spice and licorice flavors. Demands cellaring." JL for WS Oct 2012
WS96 "Muscular and tightly wound, yet beautifully focused and proportioned, dense and chewy, delivering rich layers of dried currant, blackberry, spice and licorice flavors. Demands cellaring." JL for WS Oct 2012