2004 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 750ml

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2004 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 750ml

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$349.00

SKU 147615 Categories ,
WE100
WA99
VM96
WS96

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Color/Type
Red
Producer
Shafer
Style
Varietal/Spirit
Cabernet Sauvignon
Country
United States
Pairings
Vintage
2004
Region/Category
California
Subregion
Napa Valley
Size
750ml
JK        WS 96       BH        ST        WA 99       AG        JR        JG        VINOUS        IWC        RJ       
Reviews & Scores
Brilliantly pure, animated nose offers scents of redcurrant, spices, cedary cigar box and musky underbrush. Boasts outstanding thickness and depth of flavor and an uncanny balance of sweetness and acidity. At once bone-dry and incredibly plush, with the superconcentrated plum and redcurrant flavors complicated by sexy saline soil tones and a note of dark chocolate. Perhaps most impressive today on the suavely tannic, endless finish.
VM96July 2016
 This vintage shocked me when I did my retrospective earlier this year, and the 2004 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select acquitted itself brilliantly in the vertical of Hillside Selects. It was a hot year, a relatively early harvest and there were worries that the heat had stressed the grapes, and there would be a lack of physiological ripeness and nuance. Those worries have not manifested themselves in this great Cabernet Sauvignon. Inky/purple-colored with notes of blueberry, blackberry, cassis, spring flowers, and a touch of toast, the wine is opulent, voluptuous and full-bodied with sweet tannin, just enough acidity to provide freshness, vibrancy and delineation, and a spectacular finish that goes on 40+ seconds.
WA99December 2014
This remains a bold, opulent, fleshy style, with explosive layers of spice, blackberry, cedar and crushed rock, ending with firm, ripe tannins and touches of mocha. Tannins lock in the finish and hold the flavors in place.
WS96November 2014
A perfect score has to be considered in the context of its region. Shafer’s 2004 Hillside Select is tremendous as a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that competes with its peers at the highest levels. It’s always a fabulous wine, but in warm 2004, Shafer’s amphitheater vineyard sheltered the grapes, ripening them to perfection yet protecting the “iron fist in a velvet glove” structure that André Tchelistcheff defined as Stags Leap. This 100% Cabernet is tremendous in cassis, black currant and mocha flavors, and the 100% new French oak provides perfect additions of smoke and caramel. 
WE100March 2009

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Weight 4 lbs
Dimensions 6 × 6 × 16 in
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Rating WA

99
Rating VM

96
Rating WS

96
Best Score

100

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