Shafer 2006 Hillside Select

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2006 HILLSIDESELECT

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NAPAVALLEY• STAGS LEAPDISTRICT

Hillside Select is a wine of a place, produced each vintage from carefully selected blocks of the hillside vineyards surrounding the winery. These grapes are small and deeply colored, with concentrated flavors enhanced by meticulous winemaking and extensive aging in French oak barrels. Hillside Select consistently expresses the voluptuous fruit, rich flavors and velvety texture that characterize grapes grown in Stags Leap District.

2006 Growing Season Spring arrived with a torrent of rain and all that moisture in the soil gave us the wherewithal to

sustain a spell of mid-summer heat. Overall though 2006 was exceptionally cool offering world- class, last-season hangtime. Harvest offered up big, juicy clusters of fruit which produced a wine that strikes a balance between intensity and elegance.

Varietal Composition 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Brix at Harvest 24.0°- 25.5°

Alcohol 14.9%

Cooperage 32 months in 100% new60-gallon French oak barrels (Vosage, Allier, and Tronçais)

Food Affinities Grilled or roasted lamb,duck, beef and game; dishes featuring roasted red peppers or carmelized

onions; seasonings of basil, mint or rosemary. Aged, full-flavor cheeses arealso complementary.

WINEMAKER’S COMMENTS

“A newly opened bottle of 2006 announces itself with lifted, aromatic beauty. The lively,

elegant nose is followed in the mouth with a core of juicy, black fruit, chocolate, black plums,

cassis, black and red cherry, black tea, and vanilla and spice. Ripe, round, Stags Leap

District tannins put together good structure for very long term aging.”

—ELIAS FERNANDEZ

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

“A candidate for one of the top ‘wines of the vintage,’ it reveals beautiful aromas and flavors

of grilled meats and herbs intertwined with extravagant amounts of blackberry and cassis

fruit, licorice, and charcoal. Extremely full-bodied, pure, deep, and layered, this is another

prodigious Hillside Select that should evolve for 25-30 years.”

—ROBERT M. PARKER, JR., THE WINE ADVOCATE ~ 97 Points

SHAFER VINEYARDS

Shafer Vineyards is a 32,000 case winery in Napa Valley’s Stags Leap District managed by the

father and son team of John and Doug Shafer. The Shafer family owns and farms 200 acres of

vineyards, sources for Shafer’s Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Syrah.