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Region Producer Vintage Name Qty Unit Case Size Format Price Note Rating
California Shafer 1995 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 1 Bottle 75cl £295

  • Rating

    99

    Release Price

    $110

    Drink Date

    2003 - 2030

    Reviewed by

    Robert M. Parker, Jr.

    Issue Date

    1st Jan 2000

    Source

    126, The Wine Advocate

    The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select possesses lots of fatness in the mid-palate. There is plenty of tannin in this full-bodied, rich effort. It is remarkable how the finest California Cabernets combine extraordinary power and richness with balance and elegance. A stupendous wine, it is worth a special effort to obtain. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2030. 

Tasting Notes
99
California Shafer 1996 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 6 Bottle 75cl £225

  • Rating

    98

    Release Price

    $125

    Drink Date

    2000 - 2030

    Reviewed by

    Robert M. Parker, Jr.

    Issue Date

    23rd Dec 2000

    Source

    132, The Wine Advocate

    Since 1991, Shafer's Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon has unquestionably been one of the top dozen or so California Cabernets. Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and aged 32 months in 100% French oak casks (the majority Taransaud), it possesses the elegance and finesse one would expect from the Stags Leap area, but also monumental power, richness, and intensity. The 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is one of the vintage's super-stars. Its opaque purple color is accompanied by super aromatics, immense body, great fruit extraction, superb purity and overall symmetry, as well as a 40+ second finish. Revealing exceptional intensity (but no heaviness) as well as perfectly integrated acidity, tannin, and alcohol, this fabulous Cabernet will drink wonderfully for three decades.

Tasting Notes
98
California Shafer 2003 Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 6 Bottle 75cl £210

  • Rating

    95

    Release Price

    NA

    Drink Date

    2014 - 2030

    Reviewed by

    Robert M. Parker, Jr.

    Issue Date

    30th Dec 2014

    Source

    216, The Wine Advocate

    The 2003 is a singular style of wine, but by no means wimpy or undernourished. The 2003 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select has a dense, purple color, notes of creosote, graphite, blackberry and cassis fruit, charcoal and scorched earth. It has a full-bodied mouthfeel and excellent purity, while some rather noticeable tannins kick in on the finish. This wine seems to be moving from adolescence to that early mature stage, where I would expect it to hold for at least another 10-15 or more years. Clearly not one of the superstars in what was a rather astonishing qualitative lineup, but it’s outrageously good Cabernet Sauvignon, and I expect myself, as well as any of my readers, would drink this 24/7.

    Shafer’s Hillside Estate Vineyard consists of 54 acres all on steep, amphitheater-like, rocky outcroppings and knolls. It receives the full benefit of southeasterly sunlight, and enjoys the afternoon breezes that blow up from the San Francisco Bay channel. An unusual geographic feature, this vineyard is basically a box canyon. The top soil is virtually non-existent as the bed roots that go into the white tofu volcanic soil base rarely extend more than 18 inches before hitting bedrock. This no doubt is a significant reason for the intense flavors achieved by the Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon, and why it is able to spend 32 months in 100% new French oak without a woody taste.

Tasting Notes
95
California Shafer 2012 Napa Merlot 3 Bottle 75cl £40
90
California Shafer 2013 Firebreak Sangiovese 2 Bottle 75cl £60
California Shafer 2014 Napa Merlot 3 Bottle 75cl £33
California Sine Qua Non 2000 In Flagrante Syrah 3 Bottle 75cl £340
96
California Sine Qua Non 2002 Just For The Love Of It (Syrah) 2 Bottle 75cl £710
100
California Sine Qua Non 2003 Omega Shea Vineyard 3 Bottle 75cl £385
93
California Sine Qua Non 2003 Papa Syrah 4 Bottle 75cl £400

  • There are 860 cases of the 2003 Papa, a blend of 97% Syrah, 2% Mourvedre, and 1% Grenache sourced from six different vineyards. An old black and white photograph of Manfred Krankl’s father holding a baby with a head the size of a large watermelon (presumably Manfred) serves as the label for this wine, which has just about everything one could want in a great Syrah. It exhibits extraordinary power and richness along with large quantities of sexy, seductive cassis, black cherries, and a chocolaty undertone. Unctuously textured, rich, and full, it will provide amazing drinking over the next 10-15 years.

    Score: 98Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (166), August 2006

Tasting Notes
98
California Sine Qua Non 2003 Papa (Syrah) 1 Case 6 75cl £2,400
98
California Sine Qua Non 2004 Ode To E Assortment (3xSyrah, 3xGrenache) 1 Case 6 75cl £3,810
100
California Sine Qua Non 2004 Ode To E (Grenache) 1 Case 6 75cl £3,840
100
California Sine Qua Non 2005 Mr K The Noble Man Chardonnay 2 Case 3 37.5cl £360
98
California Sine Qua Non 2005 Mr K Collection (1xStrawman,2xNobleman) 3 Case 3 37.5cl £395
California Sine Qua Non 2006 11 Confessions Mixed Case (4xSITD-S, 2xITCH-G) 3 Case 6 75cl £4,200
California Sine Qua Non 2008 The Duel Collection (3xGrenache, 3xSyrah) 4 Case 6 75cl £2,400
98
California Sine Qua Non 2009 This is Not and Exit (4xSyrah, 2xGrenache) 3 Case 6 75cl £2,050
California Sloan 2007 Proprietary Red 6 Bottle 75cl £540
92
California Sloan 2013 Proprietary Red 1 Case 3 75cl £1,350

  • Rating

    99

    Release Price

    NA

    Drink Date

    2020 - 2050

    Reviewed by

     Lisa Perrotti-Brown

    Issue Date

    13th Dec 2018

    Source

    Interim December 2018 Week 2, The Wine Advocate

    The 2013 Proprietary Red displays a deep garnet-purple color. Wow—it emits the most gorgeous perfume of rose hip tea, violets, sandalwood and fragrant earth over a cassis and blackberry pie core with touches of mocha, cigar box, menthol and garrigue plus a waft of star anise. The powerful, full-bodied palate delivers a wall of exotic spice-accented black fruit preserves with a rock-solid frame of grainy tannins and wonderful freshness, finishing very long and layered. This needs time but is lookin’ glorious.

Tasting Notes
99
California Sloan 2014 Proprietary Red 3 Case 3 75cl £1,600

  • Rating

    98

    Release Price

    NA

    Drink Date

    2022 - 2055

    Reviewed by

     Lisa Perrotti-Brown

    Issue Date

    13th Dec 2018

    Source

    Interim December 2018 Week 2, The Wine Advocate

    Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2014 Proprietary Red needs a little coaxing to reveal slowly unfurling notions of warm black cherries, mulberries, redcurrants and blackberry compote with touches of licorice, tapenade, chargrill and scorched earth. Full-bodied, firm, grainy and packed with layers of black fruits and savory flavors, it has a firm, grainy backbone of very ripe tannins and tons of vivacity, finishing very long.

Tasting Notes
98
California Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 1998 Fay Golden Rectangle 2 Bottle 75cl £100
California Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2011 Fay Apologue Cabernet Sauvignon 1 Bottle 75cl £60
California Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2011 Fay Cabernet Sauvignon 1 Bottle 75cl £75
California Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2013 Winemaker Series Soda Canyon Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon 1 Bottle 75cl £60
California Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2014 Fay Cabernet Sauvignon 1 Case 6 75cl £480
92
California Thackrey, Sean 2007 Proprietary Blend Orion Rossi Vineyard 1 Case 12 75cl £1,800
98
California Ulysses 2012 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 1 Bottle 150cl £150
93
California Ulysses 2013 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2 Bottle 150cl £195
96
California Ulysses 2014 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2 Case 6 75cl £490
94
California Verite 2000 Desir 2 Bottle 75cl £150
90
California Verite 2001 Joie 3 Bottle 75cl £175
95
California Verite 2003 Joie 3 Bottle 75cl £185
95
California Verite 2003 Joie 1 Bottle 150cl £380
95
California Verite 2003 Desir 1 Bottle 150cl £450
99
California Verite 2004 Muse 2 Bottle 75cl £190
98
California Verite 2004 Desir 3 Bottle 75cl £240
98
California Verite 2004 Joie 1 Bottle 75cl £270
99
California Verite 2004 Joie 1 Bottle 150cl £560
99
California Verite 2005 Muse 3 Bottle 75cl £200
98
California Verite 2005 Desir 3 Bottle 75cl £260
100
California Verite 2005 Joie 1 Bottle 75cl £280
100
California Verite 2006 Joie 3 Bottle 75cl £190
92
California Verite 2006 Muse 2 Bottle 75cl £200
92
California Verite 2006 Joie 1 Bottle 150cl £395
92
California Verite 2006 Muse 1 Bottle 150cl £420
92
California Verite 2006 Desir 1 Bottle 150cl £450
90
California Verite 2007 Joie 3 Bottle 75cl £230
100
California Verite 2007 Desir 4 Bottle 75cl £240
100
California Verite 2007 Muse 4 Bottle 75cl £250
100
California Verite 2007 Muse 2 Case 6 75cl £1,500
100
California Verite 2008 Desir 3 Bottle 75cl £225
100
California Verite 2008 Muse 3 Bottle 75cl £240
100
California Verite 2008 Assortment 3 Case 3 75cl £690
California Verite 2008 Desir 1 Case 6 75cl £1,350
100
California Verite 2008 Muse 1 Case 6 75cl £1,440
100
California Verite 2009 Desir 3 Bottle 75cl £180
93
California Verite 2009 Muse 2 Bottle 75cl £180
96
California Verite 2009 Joie 2 Bottle 75cl £195
96
California Verite 2009 Desir 1 Bottle 150cl £380
93
California Verite 2009 Joie 1 Bottle 150cl £410
96
California Verite 2009 Desir 1 Case 6 75cl £1,080
93
California Verite 2010 Desir 1 Bottle 150cl £360
93
California Verite 2010 Joie 1 Bottle 150cl £410
92
California Verite 2010 Desir 1 Case 3 75cl £525
93
California Verite 2010 Muse 1 Case 3 75cl £525
94
California Verite 2010 Joie 1 Case 3 75cl £585
92
California Verite 2011 Desir 1 Bottle 150cl £330
92
California Verite 2011 Joie 1 Bottle 150cl £350
90
California Verite 2011 Muse 1 Case 3 75cl £450
91

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