Chris England

9.4

I 💗 Shafer 1.5 & @ £95-£130 this will definitely improve to reward given time but drinking great already 😉

📍 Shafer One Point Five 2013

🏵 94 points w/ more potential

🍇 99% Cabernet Sauvignon & 1% Petit Verdot

🍷 Deep opaque ruby w/ purple tint

👃 Mineral infused blackcurrant & chocolate covered blueberries w/ lavender, raspberry, liquorice & dark plum jam

👄 Med creamy body of blackcurrant & blackberry in cracked rock minerals w/ melted mocha, blueberry & raspberry liquorice

🎯 Med+ bitter mocha through dark berries w/ liquorice & sweet blueberries
— 7 years ago

Nerd_Emperor

9.8

This absolutely has to be the best Cab Sauv I've ever had!!!! I love a great fruit forward red. It's a smidge dry to me but 14.3 % ABV makes up for that. I'm currently pairing with some General Tso's and I'm in love!!!!! 💓 — 8 years ago

Carrie Groff

10

Has a coffee aroma with a hint of chocolate. Delicious Pinotage. — 8 years ago

Keinan Ashkenazi

9.2

Big Cab! Wonderful spice and some chocolate mix. — 10 years ago

Monica Lo

9.1

Like drinking chocolate — 11 years ago

Christine Havens

9.5

The 1995 Shafer Hillside Select is still youthful, and would benefit from further another 10-20 years of cellaring. Saturating aromas of burnt brown sugar, toffee, cherry liqueur, blackberries, blueberries, graphite and dark chocolate round out the nose. In the mouth, its big and brawny, endowed with firm, ripe tannins, and vibrant acidity—that narrowly prevents a total plunge into velvety darkness. The intensity and concentration of fruit is over the top. A powerhouse from start to finish. 14.1% ABV — 11 years ago

Steve Hahn

9.5

Big and chewy. If you appreciate a full load of tannins this is your choice. The fruit is not the main feature. Lots of chocolate and some sweeter vanilla notes. — 12 years ago

Ming L

8.9

The Clark & Telephone Vineyard PN gave me a long lasting impression, and this Las Alturas is very similar in style in its richness and intensity.

Ripe plum, blackberry jam, eucalyptus, fig, black tea, and Chinese medicinal herbs bursting on the nose. Palate has more texture and a more elegant feel with dark chocolate and spice. Firm and a bit dusty tannins. This tastes more like a blend of Zinfandel and Cab. Nice! But again this is not the type of PN I like. — 7 years ago

Rochelle

9.9

An exquisitely balanced plum chocolate coffee on palate and rich aroma of cocoa finely tuned tannins a must try! — 7 years ago

Patrick Younkins

9.2

Sweet and a good mouth feel. You can taste the berries and chocolate. — 9 years ago

Carl B

9.1

Smooth and silky. Great Cab. Chocolate and vanilla. Not overly complex or oaky. — 10 years ago

Eli

9.4

Rich flavour of chocolate, elegant coffee and blackberries. — 11 years ago

with Markus

Miranda Morris

9.5

This is my go to red blend, that's very affordable! It's rich, velvety, with a chocolate undertone. A tad sweet, but very delicious! — 11 years ago

Ryan Key

9.5

Earth and chocolate. Smooth well balanced Cab. WBA — 12 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.2

2015 bottling. I don’t really drink stuff like this much anymore but this was very well made and delicious. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.8

A treat. Dark in color, slightly cloudy. A powerful nose with dark, very mouton fruit. Incredibly aromatic, blackcurrant, mint,graphite, dried herbs, eucalyptus. The palate is extraordinary. So dense and powerful for a wine of almost 70 years. Dark fruit with a savory undertow- leather, thyme, sour cherry, dark chocolate. Really precise flavors and long. After an hour or two in glass there’s notes of coconut and soft wood. Extraordinary. Clearly there’s a lot of age on this but the sheer quality makes for a really dynamic wine. An exceptional bottle, and a teal treat. — 7 years ago

with Howard, Tony and 1 other

Ro Rich

8.9

Like this better than the 2015 — 8 years ago

Nicholas Stoeberl

10

A Birthday Delicacy — 10 years ago

Martin Redmond

9.2

Violet color with exuberant dark fruit, white pepper, roasted meat, and hints of olive tapenade and eucalyptus aromas. On the palate, it's full bodied and ripe with very good acidity, soft well integrated tannins, and luscious blackberry, black cherry, plum, bittersweet chocolate, and spice flavors. Long finish. — 11 years ago

Bob Busch

9.6

Variety of aromas that include black fruits, olive, and tobacco. In the mouth this Chilean Cab is ripe, tannic, and fun. Flavors include raspberry, herbs from the kitchen, chocolate, and spiced. The finish is firm and long. This wine is enormously endowed. — 11 years ago

with Winston, Gary and 4 others