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LOT 400

Lot 400

SHAFER CABERNET SAUVIGNON HILLSIDE SELECT 1995 (1) WA 98
TENUTA DELL'ORNELLAIA MASSETO 1996 (1)

SHAFER CABERNET SAUVIGNON HILLSIDE SELECT 1995 (1) WA 98 TENUTA DELL'ORNELLAIA MASSETO 1996 (1)
Lot 400 Details
SHAFER CABERNET SAUVIGNON HILLSIDE SELECT 1995 (1)

Stags Leap District, Napa Valley.
peeling label.

Interestingly, the first thing that came to my mind in smelling the 1995 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select was a relatively young vintage of Château Latour. Another fabulous effort, with notes of blackcurrants, graphite, a touch of vanilla, sweet tannin and a full-bodied, multidimensional mouthfeel, this vintage offers stunning aromatics of black fruits, earth, charcoal and lead pencil shavings. In addition, there is an intense, full-bodied mouthfeel, and a youthful vibrancy and vigor that are sensational. This is an amazingly young wine that’s coming up on 20 years of age and another great example of just how these best terroirs of Napa can produce incredibly long-lived Cabernet Sauvignons. It should last at least another two decades as well. December 2014 WA 98

TENUTA DELL'ORNELLAIA MASSETO 1996 (1)

Tuscany.
u. bn. scuffed label.

2 bts.    per lot $1,000 - $1,200

Realised: $1,596
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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