2021 "Hillside Select" Cabernet Sauvignon

Name: 2021 "Hillside Select" Cabernet Sauvignon
Brand: Shafer Vineyards
SKU: 18650
Price: 398.0 EUR
Availability: LimitedAvailability

Shafer Vineyards

Weinart: Rotwein

Rebsorte: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Land: USA / Kalifornien

Region: Napa Valley

American Viticultural Area: Stags Leap District

Ausbau: 28 Monate im Barrique

Stilistik: komplex, würzig, vielschichtig

Geschmacksrichtung: trocken

Alkoholgehalt: 15,5% Vol.

Trinktemperatur: 15-18°C

Suckling 99 /100

Vinous 96-99 /100

Dunnuck 97-99 /100

Perrotti-Brown 98-100 /100

Wine Spectator 93 /100

Wine Advocate 99 /100

Allergene: Sulfite, Abfüllerinformation

398,00 €*

Inhalt: 0.75 Liter (530,67 €* / 1 Liter)

Preise inkl. MwSt. zzgl. Versandkosten Die Auslieferung erfolgt nach Import.

Voraussichtlich lieferbar ab KW 15 / 2025

Produktnummer: 18650

Michael Grimm

Decanter: 99 Punkte

Aged 32 months in 100% new French oak. It is quintessentially Stags Leap, with grapes grown on Shafer's famous Hillside estate vineyard, roughly 25ha, with very shallow volcanic tufa soils. It's a barrel selection of the very best blocks. A total of 2,900 cases were produced. Such a beautifully balanced wine with tremendous staying power and expressive Stags Leap ironstone minerality with heady sagebrush and conifer notes with white pepper and walnut husk. The wine has an impressive depth of red-toned fruit on the mid-palate framed by tannins that practically dance across the palate, exuding length, tension, and power. Huckleberry and black cherry fruits, black truffle, dried violets, graphite, and salted dark chocolate are all framed by racy acidity, which keeps everything fresh and lifted. The 2021 releases mark Elias Fernandez's 38th vintage as Shafer's winemaker. He was hired by John Shafer in 1984, two weeks out of UC Davis.

- Jonathan Cristaldi (06/2024)

Vinous

96-99 POINTS

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine. Floral and vibrant, the 2021 sizzles with tension and a level of delineation I don't remember seeing in the past. Like all the 2021s here, the Hillside Select possesses notable purity of fruit and exceptional balance. The tannins need to soften a touch, but time should take care of that. I don't see the opulence or inner sweetness of most years, but that is not a negative at all.

- Antonio Galloni (12/2023)

James Suckling

99 POINTS

Incredibly ripe, delicious and structured, this age-worthy, collectible wine puts a lot of power in a velvety, refined package. Deep, concentrated black cherries, blackberries, dried blueberries, espresso and creme de cassis are wrapped in a full body and fine-grained, supple tannins strong enough to call for further aging of at least a few years. Best from 2030. (10/2024)

Jeb Dunnuck

97-99 POINTS

As always, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that will spend 28 months in new barrels. Its deep purple hue gives way to a behemoth of a wine that has incredible cassis, black raspberry, and even blue fruits to go with loads of camphor, minty herbs, graphite, and darker chocolate. It's full-bodied, concentrated, yet pure, flawlessly balanced, and has a great finish. (12/2023)

Lisa Perrotti-Brown

98-100 POINTS

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select was tasted as a barrel sample. Deep garnet-purple in color, it charges out with powerful notes of creme de cassis, plum preserves, and juicy blueberries giving way to an undercurrent of tar, candied violets, and star anise. The full-bodied palate is concentrated and impactful, delivering a firm, grainy texture and well-knit freshness to support the generous black and blue fruits, finishing long with loads of mineral and exotic spices sparks. This is impressive! (11/2023)

Wine Spectator

93 POINTS

Juicy and direct, with a solidly built core of cassis and blackberry preserves lined with cocoa, singed tobacco and warm earth hints. Leans toward toasty on the finish, but there's ample fruit. Best from 2025 through 2038. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 2,900 cases made.

- J.M.

Parker – Wine Advocate

99 POINTS

All Cabernet Sauvignon from specific hillside blocks on the estate, Shafer's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select spent 28 months in 100% new French oak. It's a big, ripe wine, weighing in at 15.5% alcohol, but it remains harmonious from front to back. Deep, intense aromas of black cherries and cassis are accented by dried spices on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is rich and textural, showing tremendous intensity and length on the finish. Based on how previous examples have aged, this vintage should drink well through 2050.

- Joe Czerwinski (10/2024)

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