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Shafer

Shafer Vineyards produces multiple different wines using the following grapes; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, and Syrah. Their top wine is the terrific Shafer Hillside Select. Hillside Select, with its harmonious levels of ripe fruit and intense purity, rivals many of the best California Cult wines.  The grapes are from the estate’s best hillside parcels in the Stags Leap appellation. The wine is aged in up to 32 months in 100% new, French oak barrels. The wine is big in size and personality and due to the power, tannin and amount of new oak barrels, it requires several years of aging. Only around 2000 cases are produced of Shafer Hillside Select each year.

 

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Shafer is of course best known for their Cabernet Sauvignon wines. But Shafer also produces a Chardonnay from the Red Shoulder Ranch in the Caneros appellation that is vinified in a combination of 25% stainless steel and 25% in new, French oak barrels. Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay made its debut in 1994 and continues to impress to this day.

Shafer Vineyards practices sustainable farming in all its vineyards. Standard vineyard management practices which are now in use include only organic treatments and natural fertilisers.  Cover crops are widely adopted to create healthy insect habitats which create biodiversity and goes some way to eliminate the need for additional pesticides.  Sheep are utlilsed for their natural between vine mowing abilities. 

 

 

Today, Shafer is one of the few California wineries that combine quantity with quality, which has made them extremely popular with our customers.

The Shafer family has continued increasing their holdings since their initial purchase in 1972.

Currently, they own vines in a myriad of sites all over the valley with their largest acreage in the Stags Leap Appellation with 79 acres.

They also have 60 acres in Napa Valley, just south of Stags Leap District in the foothills of the Vaca Mountains as well as 66 acres in the Carneros Appellation.

 
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