SHAFER Cabernet Sauvignon 'Hillside Select' - Stag's Leap District, Napa 2023 Bottle CASE x 6 MAGNUMS - PRE-RELEASE

Description

We are delighted to offer the latest releases from Shafer Vineyards.

Founded in 1978, Shafer Vineyards is situated in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, east of the Silverado Trail and just north of the town of Napa. Although their main focus has always been luxuriant, richly textured Cabernet Sauvignons from their Stags Leap vineyards, they own and farm vineyards also in Carneros.

Low fertility, hillside sites have always been a major priority, as has the adoption of the finest, low vigour rootstocks and clones, leading to extremely low yields of small intensely concentrated grapes. They are also passionate exponents of sustainable farming practices in which they eschew all forms of chemical sprays, and their vineyards teem with natural predators including bats, owls, and a variety of insects. The resulting raw materials are of the highest quality and provide them with numerous, stylistic options in the winery.

Winemaking, in the hands of Elias Fernandez, also follows a similar philosophy of allowing the fruit full expression and with a minimum of intervention.

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Hillside Select is a wine of place—drawn from carefully selected blocks across our Stags Leap District hillside estate. The fruit, small and deeply coloured, delivers remarkable concentration and depth.
Through meticulous farming and extended ageing in new French oak, the wine consistently expresses the voluptuous fruit, richness, and velvety texture that define Cabernet Sauvignon from this renowned Napa Valley region. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from 100% hillside vineyards in Stags Leap District including Shafer’s estate vineyard blocks Sunspot, John’s Folly, Hitching Post, and Palisade. 28 months in 100% new 60-gallon French oak barrels (Allier and Tronçais).

“One of the longest hang times I’ve ever seen on the hillside, and you can feel it in the wine. The 2023 Hillside Select has the depth, freshness, and structure that define this estate, but there’s also an energy to it that makes it one of my favourite vintages to date. It’s a wine that feels true to the vineyard and true to what Hillside Select has always been.”— Elias Fernandez, Winemaker

What Others Are Saying :
"The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is another wine that brilliantly illustrates the style at Shafer today, one that is much more contemporary than most people realise. Silky tannins, lifted aromatics and sculpted fruit all grace the 2023. It's a wine of total sophistication and polish. Hints of blueberry, lavender, mint and white pepper linger on the sophisticated finish. I can't wait to see how it ages." 95-98pts, Antonio Galloni, Vinous

“Blue fruits, cassis, graphite, violets, and a remarkable crushed stone-like minerality all shine from the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select, an incredibly concentrated and powerful 2023 that's going to check in with the top wines in the vintage. It has a structured, focused mouthfeel with building tannins and a great finish. This shows the fresher, vibrant, elegant style of the vintage while still staying true to classic Hillside Select richness and depth. “ 97-99, Jeb Dunnuck

Terms and Conditions

Offer - Subject to availability. Offer ends on 30th October 2026
Delivery – Early 2027
Prices - Include Freight, Duty & GST
Storage - On arrival into Jersey Free Storage until 30th April 2027
Payment - Goods will be invoiced on receipt of order. Payment as per our normal T&Cs.
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