96/100 PP
"The estate’s 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is one of those rare wines that looks like it will be absolutely delicious pretty much at any point in its life. Super-refined and silky, the 2008 caresses the palate with layers of deeply expressive dark fruit. The 2008 is a wine of exceptional textural finesse and pedigree. According to Doug Shafer, cool weather in the spring resulted in small clusters with high skin to juice ratios, always a plus for high quality wines. Today the 2008 does not look like a huge Hillside Select, but is rather a wine built on polish and elegance. It will be interesting to see if the 2008 fills out in bottle, or it remains more restrained in its personality. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2038."
(Antonio Galloni, robertparker.com)
Anbauregion: | Napa Valley |
Flaschengröße: | 75 cl - Bouteille, Normalflasche |
Jahrgang: | 2008 |
Klassifikation: | AVA Napa Valley |
Typ: | Rotwein trocken Rotwein |
Land: | Kalifornien |
Weingut: | Shafer Vineyards |
Lage: | Sunspot, John’s Upper 7, Venado Ilegal und Firebreak |
Rebsorte: | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
Ausbau: | 32 Monate in 100% neuen französischen Barriques (Allier & Tronçais, überwiegend von Taransaud) |
Rebfläche: | 22 ha |
Durchschnittliche Jahresproduktion: | 2.100 Kisten |
Boden: | Stark kieselhatiger Lehm-Boden mit hervorragender Drainage |
Alkoholgehalt: | 14,5 % vol |
Trinkempfehlung ab: | jetzt |
Trinkempfehlung bis: | 2038 |
Trinktemperatur: | 16-18 °C |
Verschluss: | Naturkork |
Bewertung robertparker.com: | 96/100 |
Bewertung Jahrgang: | *****/***** |
Importeur: | Weinhandel Kappus, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 49, 16348 Wandlitz, Deutschland |
Abgefüllt von: | Shafer Vineyards, 6154 Silverado Trail, Napa, CA 94558, Vereinigte Staaten |