Hillside Select, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007

Name: Hillside Select, Cabernet Sauvignon
Brand: Shafer Vineyards
Price: 2520 GBP

Available Vintages

all 1997 2001 2002 2007

critic reviews

95/100Stephen Tanzer,Vinous

(15.5% alcohol; this is the 25th anniversary edition of this bottling): Saturated bright ruby. Very deep, dark, almost liqueur-like aromas of cassis, black cherry, cocoa powder and mocha. A huge, chocolatey-ripe wine with an obvious warmth and compelling sweetness to its fine-grained cherry liqueur and dark berry flavors. Big but harmonious tannins spread out to saturate the entire palate on the very long back end. This wine is just now embarking on its plane of peak maturity and will probably remain there for quite some time. Some critics of flamboyantly ripe Napa Cabernets may find this wine a bit extreme (as is the case with numerous other 2007s) yet it manages to retain its balance--and its depth of fruit is extraordinary.

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date of review 05/2017