Shafer One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

$78.99 -- 90 points Wine Advocate/ 92 points Wine Spectator

Purchase Shafer One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Robert Parker "The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon One Point Five (99% Cabernet and 1% Petit Verdot) is a meatier, more structured wine, but slightly deeper than the 2004, with broad black currant fruit flavors intermixed with some spice box, crushed rock, and spring flowers. It is characteristic of Stags Leap in its elegance and finesse. The wine has good acidity and freshness, but is long and seamless. Drink it over the next 12-15 years.

One of Napa’s most prominent and respected wineries, Shafer is a poster boy for remarkable and consistent quality across the board. All of this is the work of the brilliant father and son team of John and Doug Shafer as well as their long-term winemaker and vineyard manager, Elias Fernandez. With over 200-plus acres of estate holdings, and 55 surrounding their winery in Stags Leap, this is a winery that never seems to disappoint."

Purchase Shafer One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Vintage: 2005

Region: Napa Valley, California

Organic: No

Rating: 90-92

Lifespan: 2022

Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon

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