2003 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon - 750ml cabernet

Cabernet Sauvignon · North Coast

2003 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon - 750ml

100 points from Robert Parker, and only 2500 cases made.

$345.00
  • From North Coast, California.
Bottle
750 ml
Vintage
2003
Score
100 RP
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    “One of the great so-called "first growths" of Napa is Shafer's 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon from their Stags Leap vineyard known as Hillside Select. This has been one of the top dozen or so wines in every vintage for over 15 years. A big wine at 14.9% alcohol, it is aged an atypically long time of 32 months in 100% new French oak, but at ten years of age, no oak is present. It is an utterly perfect wine, surpassing almost everything else made in 2003! It possesses everything one could desire in a Cabernet Sauvignon – minerality, flowers, creme de cassis, blackberries, velvety tannins, a skyscraper texture, perfect balance and integration between the acidity, tannin, alcohol and wood, all well-concealed by the luxurious nature of this great wine. The finish is endless in this prodigious offering from a great family of grape growers and winemakers. It proves the point that good guys can finish first.”
    Robert Parker, 100 points

    The cellar card for Hillside Select 2003

    Every detail we hold on this bottle, in one place, so you know exactly what is going into your cellar.

    Varietal
    Cabernet Sauvignon
    Vintage
    2003
    Rating
    100 RP
    Bottle Size
    750 ml
    Bottle Quantity
    1
    Country
    USA
    Region
    California
    Location
    North Coast
    Producer
    Shafer Vineyards
    Production
    2500 cases
    Color
    Red
    Wine Type
    Table

    About Shafer Vineyards

    Shafer Vineyards is a family-owned wine producer in the Stags Leap District of the Napa Valley. It is particularly known for its Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon, regarded as one of the very finest wines in California. With the first wines appearing in 1978, Shafer Vineyards is one of the founding estates of – and a benchmark in quality for – the Stags Leap District AVA. The scores for Hillside Select have been incredibly consistent in the 97 to 100 point range. 

    Shafer has around 140 acres of vines in the Stags Leap District, spread out across several vineyards. The Hillside Estate vineyard has shallow, free-draining soils tha produce small, intensly flavored berries. The best blocks are used to make the Hillside Select, a plummy, cherry-laden wine with ripe tannins that will age well for a decade or more.

          

    • 100points from Robert Parker
    • 2500cases of this 2003 produced
    • 2003vintage
    • 750 mlbottle size

    Before you order Hillside Select

    How much wine is in this listing?

    One bottle, 750 ml, of the 2003 vintage.

    Can I collect it instead of having it shipped?

    Local pickup is by appointment only. If you choose pickup at checkout, please email leo@cultwine.com to schedule your pickup.

    Who made this wine?

    Shafer Vineyards.

    Is there an age requirement?

    Yes. You must be 21 years of age or older to purchase.

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    2500 cases were made. Put one bottle of them in your cellar.

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