Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley 2022 En Primeur - Case of 3
The 2021 Hillside Select is a pure Cabernet Sauvignon, produced from Shafer's hillside vineyards in Stag's Leap District and includes their prized blocks: Sunspot, John's Upper Seven, Hitching Post, and Firebreak. The long growing season of warm days and cool nights developed rich, highly concentrated Cabernet with superb aromatic power and clarity of cassis, crisp black cherry, blackberry and red plum fruits, with pressed dark flowers, and notes of cedar, tobacco and dried tea from 28 months in new French oak barriques. Full-bodied, ripe and wonderfully deep with beautiful tannins, a cool mineral vein highlighting the Stag's Leap terroir, lovely acidity and a luxuriously long finish. There are near perfect scores out there for this brilliant edition. 5-25 years.
“The 2022 Hillside Select opens with generous aromatics, poise, and elegance. Hailing from a true Mediterranean vintage, the balance of opulence and freshness is striking with vibrant aromas and flavours of blackberry, plums, acai, toast, espresso, dark chocolate, and dried herbs. The ripe tannins are exquisitely integrated offering tension, depth, and enormous promise for layers of beauty and complexity in the coming decades.”— Elias Fernandez, Winemaker
The 2021 Hillside Select is a pure Cabernet Sauvignon, produced from Shafer's hillside vineyards in Stag's Leap District and includes their prized blocks: Sunspot, John's Upper Seven, Hitching Post, and Firebreak. The long growing season of warm days and cool nights developed rich, highly concentrated Cabernet with superb aromatic power and clarity of cassis, crisp black cherry, blackberry and red plum fruits, with pressed dark flowers, and notes of cedar, tobacco and dried tea from 28 months in new French oak barriques. Full-bodied, ripe and wonderfully deep with beautiful tannins, a cool mineral vein highlighting the Stag's Leap terroir, lovely acidity and a luxuriously long finish. There are near perfect scores out there for this brilliant edition. 5-25 years.
“The 2022 Hillside Select opens with generous aromatics, poise, and elegance. Hailing from a true Mediterranean vintage, the balance of opulence and freshness is striking with vibrant aromas and flavours of blackberry, plums, acai, toast, espresso, dark chocolate, and dried herbs. The ripe tannins are exquisitely integrated offering tension, depth, and enormous promise for layers of beauty and complexity in the coming decades.”— Elias Fernandez, Winemaker
Original: $1,006.20
-70%$1,006.20
$301.86Description
The 2021 Hillside Select is a pure Cabernet Sauvignon, produced from Shafer's hillside vineyards in Stag's Leap District and includes their prized blocks: Sunspot, John's Upper Seven, Hitching Post, and Firebreak. The long growing season of warm days and cool nights developed rich, highly concentrated Cabernet with superb aromatic power and clarity of cassis, crisp black cherry, blackberry and red plum fruits, with pressed dark flowers, and notes of cedar, tobacco and dried tea from 28 months in new French oak barriques. Full-bodied, ripe and wonderfully deep with beautiful tannins, a cool mineral vein highlighting the Stag's Leap terroir, lovely acidity and a luxuriously long finish. There are near perfect scores out there for this brilliant edition. 5-25 years.
“The 2022 Hillside Select opens with generous aromatics, poise, and elegance. Hailing from a true Mediterranean vintage, the balance of opulence and freshness is striking with vibrant aromas and flavours of blackberry, plums, acai, toast, espresso, dark chocolate, and dried herbs. The ripe tannins are exquisitely integrated offering tension, depth, and enormous promise for layers of beauty and complexity in the coming decades.”— Elias Fernandez, Winemaker
