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2009 Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District
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About Shafer Vineyards

At one point in his life, John Shafer worked in the publishing industry. Now he is responsible for a slew of eye-popping scores from Robert Parker, and the making of one of Napa Valley’s greatest Cabernets...

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2009 Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District

Producer: Shafer Vineyards
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: California
Region: Napa

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94-96 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2011

Deep saturated ruby.  Utterly primary aromas of crushed black fruits; still grapey.  Fat, sweet and large-scaled, with superb depth to its black fruit flavors.  Finishes with substantial tannic clout and superb length.  An infant today, this will spend at least another 12 months in barrel before being bottled.  Great potential.

98 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon built its reputation on Bordeaux's Left Bank. Here, in the district of Medoc, the varietal is the key component of blended wines that also may include some Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and even Malbec and Petit Verdot. Moving slightly south, Cabernet Sauvignon meets Merlot in roughly equal proportions in the red wines of Graves. In both of these Bordeaux regions, the top bottles...
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