Shafer Vineyards Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 2011

Name: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
Brand: Shafer Vineyards
SKU: 21848H
Price: 235 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

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2: Cabernet Sauvignon 100%

5: rot, trocken; 15,5% Vol.; Trinkreife: 2021–2053; Verpackt in: 6er OHK

9: voluminös & kräftig; fruchtbetont; tanninreich

3: Lobenberg: 98–100/100; Parker: 96/100; Suckling: 96/100; Weinwisser: 19/20; Galloni: 94–96/100

6: USA, Californien

7: Allergene: Sulfite, Abfüllerinformation
Abfüller / Importeur: Shafer Vineyards, 6154 Silverado Trail, CA-94558 Napa, California, USA

Lobenberg: Hochkonzentrierte Frucht, dunkle Beeren, Schokolade und Johannisbeeraromen. Dicht und seidig und lang. Einer der größten Weine der Welt und ein Monument des kalifornischen Weinbaus, zusammen mit dem Monte Bello von Ridge der langfristig vielleicht beste Rotwein der USA. 98-100/100

Parker über: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

-- Parker: Possibly the Cabernet Sauvignon of the vintage, is Shafer’s 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select. Last year I thought it was a strong effort, but it’s even better now that it’s been bottled. With opaque black/purple color and notes of subtle burning charcoal embers, blueberry, blackberry and graphite, the wine has a certain Bordelais minerality, but then the richness of Napa kicks in. It’s full-bodied (somewhat unusual for a 2011) with lighter tannins, and no doubt the wine will be on a faster evolutionary track than vintages such as 2010, 2012 and 2013. Nevertheless, the Shafers and Elias said this was the toughest vintage they’d ever experienced. To be able to produce a compelling wine like this is a testament of their extraordinary skills and craftsmanship. This wine can be drunk now, or cellared for another 15-20 years. 96/100

Suckling über: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

-- Suckling: Extremely minty with dried flowers, dark berries and currants. Full body but refined, with super-integrated tannins. The wood, ripe fruit, tannin and acid balance is beautiful. Wonderful potential here. 96/100

Weinwisser über: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

-- Weinwisser: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Dunkles, purpurnes Rubinrot. Faszinierendes, intensives Bukett nach schwarzen und roten Johannisbeeren, Grill- Aromatik, Rauchnoten, Kräuter (Rosmarin und Thymian), feine Röstaromatik vom Holz, ganz dezent Vanille und florale Noten. Grandioser Fuchtauftakt mit sehr viel feinstkörnigem Tannin, einer lebhaften und erfrischenden Säure, herrlich mundfüllend, packend, stimmig, in einem vielschichtigen und eleganten Finale endend. 19/20

Galloni über: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

-- Galloni: The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select comes across as quite classic and in need of quite a bit of time in barrel, something that won't be much of an issue, as the 2011 is likely to stay in oak for another year. Savory herbs, menthol, licorice and brilliant saline notes linger on the close. The 2011 is striking, but it is also a highly atypical Hillside Select. 94-96/100

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