{"product_id":"shafer-hillside-select-cabernet-sauvignon-2001-750ml","title":"Shafer Hillside Select - Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCritical Acclaim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e100 points Wine Advocate, Review Date: 12\/2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2001 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is the first of these back-to-back perfect wines from Shafer that, at age 13, is still a baby, but, wow, what an amazing wine. A fabulous growing season produced a wine with inky\/purple black color, stunning crème de cassis notes, with additional hints of lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, cedar wood and forest floor. It is full-bodied, sensationally concentrated, with a seamless integration of acidity, tannin, wood and alcohol. This is a great, monumental Napa Cabernet Sauvignon that is still an infant, at age 13, going on 14. This has got at least three decades of life left in it... (RP)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e98 points Wine Enthusiast, Review Date: 12\/2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo Cabernet smells better. This is an enormously attractive, well-oaked wine constituted from the best possible fruit. In the mouth, it immediately seduces. Shafer knows it has to rise to expectations with this wine, and the 2001 does not disappoint. The fruit is spectacular, all cassis. The oak is rich, flamboyant and delicious. Structurally, the wine has the best tannin-acid structure Napa is capable of. *Cellar Selection*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e96 points Vinous, Review Date: 04\/2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is in the zone today. Rich and sumptuous, the 2001 possesses notable depth and layers of flavor that build effortlessly. The first signs of aromatic maturity have begun to appear and the tannins are pretty soft, and yet the 2001 has enough depth to drink well for another decade. Hints of tobacco, cedar, worn-in leather and crushed autumn leaves linger. Doug Shafer and longtime winemaker Elias Fernandez told me they dropped quite a bit of fruit to bring the vineyard into balance during what was a long, cool growing season with extended hang time. (AG)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e96 points Wine Spectator, Review Date: 10\/2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmazing for its richness, depth and concentration, with a wealth of flavors extending to espresso bean, mocha, dark berry, raspberry and cedar, intense and persistent on the long, detailed finish. An immense wine that's gracefully balanced. (JL)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Logan, Shafer Hillside Select","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48404656455904,"sku":"130980","price":513.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/shafer-hillside-select-cabernet-sauvignon_1_da77317c-7c1e-4dd7-b1d8-3c18534d8be1.jpg?v=1765492287","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/shafer-hillside-select-cabernet-sauvignon-2001-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}