
Red wine
Shafer Vineyards, Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
RRP £392
The aromas are of blackcurrant skins, the fruit still on the bush and the hot sappy wafts coming up from the damp earth below. Great depth of flavour, the palate fresh and mineral (those mountain rocks again), with fine dense tannins and restrained violet perfume. The year was cool and damp, and ripeness was very slow to come. There’s a feeling we’re missing a cylinder here, and that’s the acidity. It’s a lovely wine that I’d drink tonight with dinner, but I might hesitate to lay it down beyond 2030.
Score
Wine Details
Colour
Red
Wine Style
Still
Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol
0%
Drink dates
2022 - 2030
Origin
Country
USA
Region
California
Sub-region
Napa Valley AVA
Area
Stags Leap District AVA
Tasting Information
Blind
No
Tasted by
Adam Lechmere