Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, California 750ml

100% Cabernet Sauvignon selected from the best fruit on the rugged, sustainably cultivated Hillside Estate Vineyard in Napa Valley’s Stags Leap District. Hillside Select is a wine of a place, produced each vintage from carefully selected blocks of the hillside vineyards surrounding the winery. These grapes are small and deeply colored, with concentrated flavors enhanced by meticulous winemaking and extensive aging in French oak barrels. Aged 32 months in 100% new 60-gallon French oak barrels. “The 2017 is our 35th vintage of Hillside Select and this release more than earns its place in this classic, elegant lineage. In the glass you’ll find rich, opulent aromas of blackberry, cocoa, black
cherry, rhubarb, rose water, and espresso. The mouth is a juicy, energetic cascade of summer
bramble fruit, cassis, black licorice, red plum, fresh cracked pepper, and baking spice with a
lengthy, compelling finish. All this decadence comes wrapped in ripe tannins for long-term aging in
your cellar” – Winemaker Elias Fernandez