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Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select(1996)
With more herbs, cedar and tea than its ’97 sibling, this one is embracing age. Ripe aromatics and big, balanced fruit flavors. Deep color in the center of the glass with brick at the edge, silky texture and maturing fruit, showing elements of black currant and dark spice with a long finish.
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 90, May/June 2000
- 93/100
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July 2007
- Saturated ruby-red. Dusty aromas of black cherry, currant, licorice and menthol. Sweet, lush and velvety; fat and full. A generous, fruit-driven, impressively long wine with enticing currant and black plum flavors. Very ripe tannins coat the palate. Will the '97 eventually top this wine?
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June 2007
- Deep, dense color, silky texture and explosive fruit. Soft, yet rich, showing black currant, chocolate, cedar and spice. Focused and concentrated, with a long finish. Aging potential: 15-20 years
- Wine Advocate # 132
- Dec-00
- 98/100
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April 2008
- Wine Advocate # 126
- Jan-00
- 98/100
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April 2008
- James Laube
- Wine Spectator
- 92/100
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July 2007
