SHAFER Cabernet Sauvignon 'One Point Five' - Stags Leap District, Napa Valley 2021 Bottle

Description

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon One Point Five has received remarkable praise, including 96 points from Wine Enthusiast and 94 points from Decanter, showcasing its sophistication and concentration. This captivating wine features luscious flavors of dark plums, blueberries, and cocoa, all wrapped in velvety, well-integrated tannins. Subtle baking spices, espresso, and cedar notes enhance its impressive fruit profile. The Decanter review highlights its fragrant nose of dark berries and mocha, while the palate reveals Bing cherry and fleshy plums, balanced by bright acidity and a lengthy mineral finish. Vinous describes the wine as potent yet restrained, with dark cherry and incense aromas mingling beautifully. With a drinking window from 2024 to 2040, this wine promises to evolve gracefully while offering immediate enjoyment.

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WINE ENTHUSIAST 96 points
This sophisticated and concentrated wine wraps lovely dark plums, blueberries and cocoa flavors in velvety tannins that are well-integrated and soothing, while still setting the wine up for a potentially long life. Subtle baking spices, espresso and cedar accents enhance the impressive fruit flavors. Best from 2027–2037. — Jim Gordon

DECANTER 94 points
Tasted by: Jonathan Cristaldi
(at Chateau Montelena, Calistoga, California, 13 Jun 2024)
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2034
A wonderfully energetic Cabernet with a fragrant nose of dark berry fruit, mocha, and dusty minerals. Full-bodied with a satiny palate of Bing cherry, fleshy plums, and expressive graphite notes. Refined tannins have levity, and a soaring spine of acidity brightens the lengthy mineral finish. Grapes are sourced from the estate Hillside vineyard, their Borderline estate in the south of the Stags Leap District and a neighbouring site, along with grapes from a site in the Vaca Mountain range. Native yeast fermented, aged 20 months in 100% new French oak barrels. Winemaker Elias Fernandez says he tends to blend early. And with 40 harvests under his belt, he has a pretty good idea of what his blends will look like.

VINOUS 94 points
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon One Point Five is fabulous. Ample and resonant, the 2021 is captivating right out of the gate. Dark cherry, plum, gravel, incense, licorice and dark spice all meld together. The One Point Five is potent and a bit brooding, but it is done in the more restrained style that is the norm here these days. - Antonio Galloni

ROBERT PARKER 93 points
Reviewed by: Joe Czerwinski
Drink Date: 2024 - 2040
An excellent wine, still arguably a decent value in the context of Napa Valley Cab, Shafer's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon One Point Five features attractive aromas of ripe cherries, cedar and vanilla, plus hints of mocha and loam. Full-bodied, ripe and velvety, it offers more concentration, tannins and length than the winery's TD-9. The question consumers will have to answer is whether it is worth the step up in price.
Published: Dec 29, 2023

JANCIS ROBINSON 16.5 points
Deep purple. Crushed gravel and rich black-cherry and dark-chocolate notes. Full and ripe with rounded tannins and sweet and spicy oak. Very glossy. Classic Napa. (SCJ)