Sipping Fine Wine

9.6

Wine honors long-time Shafer Winemaker Elias Fernandez & his relentless pursuit of quality. A blend of 90% Syrah & 10% Petite Sirah, a more bucolic grape than Syrah, providing for lush & rich wine. Aged for 30 months, 100% new French oak, deep Ruby with aromas of concentrated dark berry fruit & hint of smoky pepper spice. Layered meaty flavors of blackberry, cherry & blueberry explode on palate & subtle tannins relax to a nice long finish, great mouthfeel. One of the best Syrah’s I tasted. Aging well! — 5 hours ago

Joe Flo

9.3

Still need more time. — 18 days ago

Tom Garland

9.3

1.5 hour decant(surprisingly just a little cloudy sediment). A prodigious medium dark garnet color with little signs of aging. On the nose: funky stewed meats, blackberry, smoke, plum, minty pepper, creme de cassis. Taste: KABOOM! Rich, silky, full body wine with blackberry, earth, cedar, wet gravel, menthol and a cassis pencil lead long finish with some ashy tannins. In its prime drinking window and this 13.8% alc wine should rock another 10 years. Cheers! — 16 days ago

with Brenda

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.2

Mineral, chocolate. Brown sugar. Ripe plums. Cherries. Cassis from the Cabernet. — 6 days ago

Chris Harwick

9.2

My wife just said “I don’t think I’m a Merlot person”. I’m loading up. — 8 days ago

Sean Peay

9.5

One of my favorite wines — 16 days ago

Tom Garland

9.3

1.5 hour decant (little cloudy sediment). A sumptuous dark ruby red color. On the nose: BAM(fun aromatics)!.....sweet black fruit, wet earth, floral, smokey, little green veggie. Taste: A soft, smooth, silky wine with black fruit, cassis, smokey licorice, and a vanilla black cherry long finish ready to go a number of more years. YUM!!! Cheers!! — 23 days ago

with Brenda

Eric

9.2

The earth cometh as this one gets older. Dense and ripe on the mid palate with a little pucker on the finish. This will have a nice stink in a few years. A little pine on the nose that took a few hours to dissipate. — 24 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Founded in 1979 by John Shafer, went from riding trains in Chicago to riding a TD-9 tractor in Napa. Blend of 58% Merlot, 26% Cab Sauv & 16% Malbec, aged for 20 mos French oak, despite 15.3% ABV, it’s well balanced. Deep Ruby, beautiful berry fruit aromas, notes of herbs, toasty oak & spice. On the palate flavors of cherry & jammy blackberry with notes of cacao, baking spice & sweet herbs. Fine smooth tannins, long finish ending with fruit & tobacco notes. Great now, will also age for a few years. Nice! — a month ago

James Bouloukos

9.6

Needs time to settle once opened. Id recommend at least 1.5 for optimal enjoyment.
One slip instantly takes you to Tuscany. Enjoy with good company. — a month ago