Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (75cl, 15.5%)

Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 is a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, produced by Shafer Vineyards. The 2018 vintage was aged for 32 months in 100% new French oak, from hand-harvested hillside fruit, with barrels selected by winemaker Elias Fernandez. The aroma brings crème de cassis, black raspberry, spring flowers, lead pencil shavings and crushed minerality. The palate is dense and layered with blackberry preserves, black cherry, blueberry, cinnamon, mocha and smoked meat. The finish is extremely long with black licorice, tar, slate and dark fruit.