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Stags Leap District
§ Stags Leap District· Napa ValleyAppointment Required
Shafer Vineyards.
Hillside Select: the definitive expression of Stags Leap hillside fruit.
Cabernet SauvignonMerlotLoam★ Dimple pickAppointment Required
Sustainable Farming★ 4.8
Passport · Winery No. 021Stags
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💎 Hidden Gem
Why it tastes like that.
§ TERROIR · SECTION 01§ The dirt
Loam
In 1972, John Shafer left a publishing executive career in Chicago to pursue a wine dream in Napa Valley. He purchased a hillside vineyard in Stags Leap District—then a tangle of brush. John and son Doug spent decades developing it into one of Napa's most revered vineyards. Hillside Select is their flagship—100% Cabern…
Soil
Loam
Elevation
76ft
Aspect
Hillside
Farming
Sustainable Farming
Winemaking
french-oak · estate-grown
What to pour.
§ WINES · SECTION 02§ Signature grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon
赤霞珠
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Merlot
梅洛
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§ Flavor fingerprint
The room you'll walk into
Weighted toward dark fruit + tannin. Fingerprint is inferred from the terroir + tasting history — not a critic score.
The people behind it.
§ PEOPLE · SECTION 03§ After here, try…
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Dimple · whisper
Skip the welcome pour.
Ask for the signature wine first while your palate is fresh — it'll read cleaner than any welcome pour.