Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 750ml

Hillside Select is Shafer's flagship, from the Sunspot, John's Folly, Hitching Post and Palisade blocks on the estate's Stags Leap District hillsides.

John Shafer left Chicago publishing for Napa in 1972 and made his first Cabernet in 1978. Doug Shafer became winemaker in 1983, and Elias Fernández has been winemaker since 1984. The 2016 is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It spent 32 months in new French oak and another year in bottle before release. About 2,400 cases were made. It's 15.5% alcohol.

The winery describes blackberry, cassis, wet stone, chocolate and allspice, with red plum, raspberry, black pepper, lavender and anise, ripe, silky tannins and a long finish.

This is a benchmark Napa Cabernet to buy for a collector or a milestone. For another legend from the 2010s, see Heitz Martha’s Vineyard 2014.

Drink it from now through the mid-2030s. Decant it for two hours and serve with a prime rib or lamb.

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