SHAFER Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 - 0,75 Liter - 100 Points Jeb Dunnuck/99 James Suckling/98 P. Parker

Incredible purity and precision, as well as opulence, define the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select, and this is as good as any Cabernet Sauvignon in the world today. Revealing a deep purple hue as well as a thrilling bouquet of pure crème de cassis, black raspberries, spring flowers, lead pencil shavings, and an incredible minerality, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a deep, layered, seamless texture, ample mid-palate depth, and a great finish. This is classic 2018 Napa Valley with its purity, freshness and precision as well as sensational concentration and perfectly integrated acidity, tannins, and alcohol. It delivers pleasure today yet warrants a solid 4-5 years of bottle age and is going to be a 30- to 40-year wine.

So much black licorice in this, together with tar, blackcurrants, blackberries and slate. Full-bodied, but very toned and focused, with polish and energy. Extremely fine tannins and wonderful length. All about balance and purity. Gorgeous now, but this will age for decades to come. Great finish. Better after 2026.

Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select displays a deep garnet-purple color. It charges out of the gate with bold crème de cassis, blueberry pie and black cherry preserves notes, plus hints of smoked meats, fragrant earth and tar, with a fragrant waft of violets and Provence herbs. Full-bodied, the palate is packed with muscular black fruits, supported by a solid foundation of firm, grainy tannins and compelling freshness, finishing long with an enticing herbal lift.
Rating: 98+

Frankly ripe but well-focused, with blackberry and creamed boysenberry notes flowing through atop a polished structure, while cocoa and black licorice frame the finish. A subtle hint of sassafras lingers on the finish, adding textural nuance. This has the stuffing to age well, too. Drink

Shafer Vineyards produziert seit mehr als 40 Jahren klassische Weine aus dem Napa Valley.  

Shafer's Weine, darunter sein unverkennbarer Cabernet Sauvignon, Hillside Select, sind in Sammlerkeller und auf Weinkarten von Top-Luxushotels und -restaurants auf der ganzen Welt zu finden. 

Die Weinberg- und Kellerteams unter der Leitung von Winzer Elias Fernandez bewirtschaften mehr als 200 Morgen Weinberge im Besitz von Shafer, Quellen für den berühmten Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay, TD-9, One Point Five, Relentless und Hillside Select des Weinguts. Das Weingut engagiert sich seit Jahrzehnten für Nachhaltigkeit. Ab den 1980er Jahren setzte Shafer auf Anbautechniken, die Insektizide und Herbizide eliminieren und Wasserressourcen sorgfältig sparen. 2004 wurde Shafer das erste Weingut in den USA, das zu 100 % auf Solarenergie umstellte. 

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