Shafer Vineyards Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 2013

Name: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
Brand: Shafer Vineyards
SKU: 24822H
Price: 284 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

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2: Cabernet Sauvignon 100%

5: rot, trocken; 15,5% Vol.; Trinkreife: 2023–2060; Verpackt in: 6er OHK

9: voluminös & kräftig; fruchtbetont; tanninreich

3: Lobenberg: 100/100; Suckling: 99/100; Parker: 98+/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 98/100; Galloni: 97+/100

6: USA, Californien

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

Lobenberg: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aus den Lagen Sunspot, John’s Upper Seven, Venado Ilegal und Firebreak. Ausgebaut für 32 Monate in neuer französischer Eiche (Allier & Tronçais), 15,5% Alkohol. Die enorm komplexe Nase zeigt sich in stetem Wandel und entlässt ihre vielschichtigen Aromen Lage für Lage. Johannisbeerlaub und Johannisbeerholz machen den vegetabilen Auftakt, gefolgt von subtiler Holzwürze und Aromen nach getoastetem Kastenweißbrot. In der Kopfnote schwingen Note nach Bachminze und Zitronenthymian und werden unterlegt von rotem Kampot Pfeffer und Piment d’Espelette. Eine Handvoll schwarze Johannisbeeren und dunkle Kirschen, schwarzer Tabak und Blutorangenöl komplettieren den Reigen. Mit seidigem Antrunk und geschliffenem Tannin zeigt sich der Wein glänzend am Gaumen, schimmernd und transparent. Nichts Schweres, Üppiges charakterisiert ihn, stattdessen fließt er fast ätherisch und leichtfüßig über den Gaumen. In perfekter Balance spiegelt er einen der perfektesten Jahrgänge Napas. Hedonismus pur. Für jetzt und 25+ Jahre. 100/100

Suckling über: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

-- Suckling: Wonderful floral aromas with perfumed roses plus hints of blackcurrants and spearmint. Full-bodied and so powerful and muscular but always showing the brightness and beauty of fruit. Winemakers say this reminds them of the 1978, their first year. It certainly has the structure — 'those tannins' as they put it. Finish is so impressive with tar, iron and spices. 99/100

Parker über: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

-- Parker: The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select will probably hit the magic three-digit score, but it is a more backward style of wine, although probably even more concentrated than the 2012, and that’s saying something. Fabulous potential of 30-50 years is evident in this profound bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon that is inky blue/black to the rim and offers up notes of charcoal embers, scorched earth, blackberries, cassis, blueberries, a hint of coffee, and background barrique smells. Massively concentrated but incredibly elegant and poised, this is a wine of great energy and vibrancy. It is fabulously deep, built like a skyscraper, and set for an incredibly long life. Try not to consume a bottle for at least another 4-5 years and then watch the magic unfold. 98+/100

Jeb Dunnuck über: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

-- Jeb Dunnuck: All Cabernet aged 32 months in new French oak, the flagship 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is a beauty that offers just about everything you could want out of wine. Blackcurrants, scorched earth, smoky oak and spice aromatics all give way to a full-bodied, concentrated, structured 2013 that has incredible fruit intensity, yet never seems heavy, over the top, or cumbersome in any way. It needs 4-5 years of cellaring and is going to keep for two to three decades. 98/100

Galloni über: Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select

-- Galloni: Just bottled a few months before this tasting, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine. Readers will have to be patient with this big, tannic Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2013 doesn't have the sensuality of the 2012 nor the silkiness of the 2011. Instead, the 2013 is a dense, vertical wine that needs at least a few years of cellaring. This is an intensely savory, mineral driven vintage for Shafer's flagship Cabernet Sauvignon. 97+/100

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