About Shafer Vineyards
John and Doug Shafer's 1972 Stags Leap District estate — the family that pioneered Relentless Syrah alongside Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon produ
Shafer Vineyards is the Stags Leap District's most critically decorated and personally rooted family estate.
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Shafer Vineyards isShafer Vineyards is the Stags Leap District's most critically decorated and personally rooted family estate.
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John Shafer —John Shafer — a Chicago publishing executive who made one of the more consequential midlife decisions in California wine history when he purchased 209 hillside acres on the Silverado Trail above Yountville in 1972 — began farming the steep, rocky terrain above the valley floor before most wine professionals understood what the Stags Leap District volcanic palisade soils could produce.
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Four decades ofFour decades of continuous Shafer family farming produced the answer: Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon, produced from the most carefully identified blocks of the estate's 220 Silverado Trail hillside acres, has become one of California's most consistently 97–100 point wines.
"John and Doug Shafer's 1972 Stags Leap District estate — the family that pioneered Relentless Syrah alongside Hillside S"
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Featured Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon
Stags Leap District / Shafer Hillside
California's most consistently perfect Stags Leap Cabernet — Hillside Select from 220 estate hillside acres consistently earning 97–100 points and appearing on Wine Spectator's Top 100 for the extraordinary volcanic mineral concentration and multi-decade aging potential that the Stags Leap District's most dedicated family estate produces.
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★★★★☆
Syrah
Relentless Syrah
Stags Leap District / Shafer Estate
Shafer's most unexpected and critically celebrated expression — Relentless Syrah from the Stags Leap District hillside estate showing what the same volcanic palisade terrain and four-decade family farming expertise that produces Hillside Select Cab delivers in California's most powerfully structured and age-worthy estate Syrah program.
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★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon Blend
TD-9 Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley / Shafer Estate
Shafer's most accessible and food-first Cabernet — TD-9 blending Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and Cabernet Franc from the Stags Leap District estate at a more immediately approachable price point than Hillside Select, showing the family's quality conviction at the broadest tier of the Shafer portfolio.
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★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon
Stags Leap District / Shafer Estate
Shafer's estate benchmark mid-tier — One Point Five Stags Leap Cabernet from the hillside estate's most carefully selected second-tier blocks, consistently showing 93–96 point quality as the most collectible and age-worthy Shafer Cabernet below the allocation-only Hillside Select.
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Tasting Experiences
Book on Tock →Hillside Select Estate Appointment
Private appointment at the Stags Leap District's most critically perfect family estate — Hillside Select at 97–100 points, Relentless Syrah, and One Point Five Cabernet from 220 hillside estate acres farmed by the Shafer family for 50+ consecutive years. The most prestige-per-acre appointment in the Stags Leap District.
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