Shafer Hillside Select 2019
Fles - 75cl
- Oogstjaar2019
- KleurRood
- ProducentShafer
- LandVerenigde Staten
- RegioCalifornië
- SubregioStags Leap District
- DesignatieAVA
- FlesformaatFles - 75cl
- ABV13.5
- LWIN11232232019
- Gem. Criticus Score4.8★★★★★★★★★★
Wijnrecensies
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is another magical vintage for this cuvée. All Cabernet Sauvignon from hillside vineyards on the eastern side of Stags Leap, it offers a vivid purple hue as well as extraordinary notes of cassis, black raspberries, violets, camphor, and spring flowers, with perfectly integrated background oak. Full-bodied but not massive, it’s flawlessly balanced on the palate and has ultra-fine tannins, a seamless, elegant mouthfeel, and a great, great finish. It’s another 30- to 40-year wine from this incredible team that readers will absolutely love.
- Drinkvenster: 2023 - 2063
- Naam recensent: Jeb Dunnuck
- Datum recensie: februari 2023
Sourced from specific blocks of estate-grown fruit, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is another highly successful vintage. All Cabernet Sauvignon aged 32 months in 100% new French oak, it boasts intense aromas of pencil shavings, dark loam, cassis and plum on the nose, while the palate is full-bodied, super-ripe, rich, dense and concentrated—a truly impressive California vin de garde. Tannic but ripe, it finishes long and firm on the finish, adding a hint of mocha. To be released in September 2023, it's a strong showing and hopefully an indication that quality will remain high under the new ownership.
- Drinkvenster: 2025 - 2045
- Naam recensent: Joe Czerwinski
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is one of the most elegant wines I have tasted at Shafer. Effusive aromatics and silky tannins are immediately captivating. Crushed red/purplish berry fruit, mint, spice, lavender and licorice are all finely knit. We will see, but the 2019 may very well represent a new direction for Hillside Select, one of Napa Valley's most iconic Cabernets.
- Drinkvenster: 2026 - 2039
- Naam recensent: Antonio Galloni
- Datum recensie: februari 2023