"Odedi"

9.2

Dark inky in color, with a beautiful pronounced nose.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Very fruity on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing red and black fruits with cedar, vanilla, leather, spices, earth, chocolates, tobacco, cola, coffee and peppercorn.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This delicious Syrah from Napa Valley is still very young, and needs 5 years in the bottle to mature properly, but already drinking beautifully. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 to 15 years. Showing good potential to become a 94+ point wine.

Rich, extracted and fruit forward. Showing good balance and elegance.

I've had a few vintages of this wine before, and it is very consistent. A great sipping wine.

A blend of 90% Syrah with 10% Petite Sirah. Aged in all new French oak barrels for 20 months.

15.8% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$100. — 5 days ago

Peter Montoleone

9.4

Drinking really well right now! — 7 months ago

Ken Venezio

9.2

Goldenrod in color. Beautiful blend of fruit and acidity. Very drinkable now and can easily withstand a few years. — 4 years ago

Andy Hall

9.8

Ski trip wines: ‘04 Bryant Family Cab (97 pt), ‘07 Bryant Family Cab (98 pt), ‘07 Staglin Cab (95 pt) and ‘05 Shafer Hillside Select Cab (96 pt). Hard to pick a favorite here! — 5 years ago

with Jerry

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.2

Super nice. Cote rotie like. Roasted coffee, smoked meats and lots of dark fruit: supple, clean and decadent Note: if you’re not on the ‘Pisoni’ mailing list you’re missing out. Although you may not get ‘Pisoni’ Pisoni estate Pinot off the bat, you should load up on Lucia ‘slh’ Pinot which is 60% pisoni estate fruit and this Syrah which, along with Jeff Pisoni’s wife’s cattelaya label is maybe the best Syrah in America. Or among a select handful. It’s half as expensive as saxum, sqn and shafer but in my opinion twice as good. Boom @Jeff Pisoni — 6 years ago

Peter Collins

9.4

A bit of a crap shoot even with great labels to buy older stuff. Happily the 2007 Tempest was actually more than I expected. Drank it as second bottle after the 2013 Shafer Cab. Where the Shafer was big, full of tannins and spicy, the Realm was muted but full and just really smooth on the palate with a great finish. Hate to compare to clothing but it’s a comfy shirt. — 7 years ago

Mike

9.3

A hidden gem. Same vineyard (and grapes) as Shafer Hillside Select. Deep berry, hints of dark chocolate and tobacco. Great way to watch The Players. — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Brassy but very pure. Intense. Good stuff — 12 days ago

with Paul and Ara

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2023 vintage. Light medium body. (Pleasantly) Taut and coiled as of now. If looking to drink now, try to give it a decanter hour or two. Supposedly, the “Stags Leap District” moniker returns for the next vintage. 4.1.26. — 7 months ago

Marie Stanley

9.5

Delectable. Very full cabernet. — 8 months ago

with Michael

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Tasted twice! Made mostly from Cab Sauv, deep Ruby with aromas of rich ripe fruit with notes of sweetness. On the palate flavors of cherry and ripe blueberry with nutty vanilla spice. Smooth with good balance on long finish ending with a sweet fruit character. Tasting Sample. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.6

After a couple months of hiatus, the Friday City Club group was able to get back together (albeit a smaller, more spread out group) for an epic hosting by @joe leatherwood . 1 sparkler, 2 whites, 5 reds and 1 dessert wine, all served blind.

And the hits just keep coming. A total monster. I found this to be the most extracted of the 5 reds. Could smell it five feet away. Dark chocolate dipped blueberries and blackberries, graham cracker, mocha, violets all jump from the glass. Velvet like texture revealing a streak of ripe red fruits and an herbal/mineral like note down the middle of the palate. Dusty. So much beautiful freshness but commanding power here...longest finish of the day. I called this 7-10yr old Napa cab (specifically Shafer Hillside Select). — 6 years ago

with Jid, joe and 3 others

Joe Gillies

9.2

Decanted for 30 minutes. Big dark fruit, bbq grilled meat, a touch of charcoal, and vanilla. Good but definitely a level below the Shafer Relentless in quality. — 7 years ago

Tami Brown

9.2

Really good — 3 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2023 vintage. Light-medium body with excellent, back-end, enduring concentration without it being contrived or heavy-handed. Darting accents and flourishes throughout. Not the cheapest Merlot and it could still use a year or two but nice effort. Had been told at some point in the last few years that all the Merlot vines had been ripped out. Maybe they have and this is all purchased fruit? Difficulty remembering what lunch constituted tho so…4.1.26. — 7 months ago

Stephen Fitzpatrick

8.9

Heavy plum and blackberry aromas on the nose with hints of tobacco, amazing full bodied taste with a strong finish. 2023 vintage, paired exceptionally well with filet mignon and truffle risotto. — 8 months ago

John Bratincevic

9.4

Nose: raspberry, blackberry, cassis (?), dust. Subtle herbs, the kind you’d find in some kind of health food herbal tea for what ails you. A little leather.

Taste: absolutely delicious. Weighty, tastes as it smells, but bigger and juicier more red fruit than the nose - yet very balanced, with lots of mineral flavors besides. Not as complex as the very best I’ve had, but extremely tasty. A little more toasty coffee on the palate as you sip it. I may like this better than the Shafer I had recently. 94.

— 4 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Produced by CA Shafer Vineyards, pale lemon with aromas of stone and citrus fruits with floral notes. On the palate flavors of peach and melon with lemon citrus and honeysuckle notes. Medium+ finish, vivid acidity, ending with fruit, floral and mineral character. Nice Napa offering! — 5 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

This wine was our unanimous winner in our cult Cali blind tasting held back in 2012 against some big hitters, Dominus, Shrader, Shafer Hillside etc. Med bodied in an opulent style with good balance & length showing notes of blackberry, creme de cassis, forest floor, graphite, licorice & violet. — 7 years ago

Mono Head

9.2

Exceptionally balanced. Rich fruit with layered mouth fell. Med/long finish with excellent depth. More complexity than the shafer but not as balanced. — 7 years ago