Shafer Vineyards One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon, 2019

A bold, expansive Stags Leap District wine

"This offers fruit in spades, delivering a lush, seductive profile of blueberry, açaí and cassis notes infused with mocha and sweet tobacco accents, ending with a melted licorice feel. Rich, polished and long." JM Wine Spectator

• 20 months in 100% new French oak barrels
• 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec and 2% Merlot

Food Pairing: Steaks like ribeye and sirloin, slow-braised venison or a big juicy grilled Portobello mushroom.

Cellaring: Drink now through 2030

STORY BEHIND THIS WINE

The Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District Hillside Select is widely recognised as one of Napa Valleys benchmarks for great wine, but it hardly looked like a star early on.