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97-99 Jeb Dunnuck
Blue fruits, cassis, graphite, violets, and a remarkable crushed stone-like minerality all shine from the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select, an incredibly concentrated and powerful 2023 that's going to check in with the top wines in the vintage. It has a structured, focused mouthfeel with building tannins and a great finish. This shows the fresher, vibrant, elegant style of the vintage while still staying true to classic Hillside Select richness and depth.

96-98 Wine Advocate
Tasted as a prospective blend—the wine is still in barrel—Shafer's 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is another super effort from the team at Shafer and Winemaker Elias Fernandez, who recently celebrated his 40th anniversary with the winery. It's a wonderfully floral and fragrant version of Hillside at this stage of its evolution, with hints of violets accenting black cherries and cassis; the 100% new French oak has seemingly already been absorbed into the wine. The full-bodied palate is concentrated and firmly tannic, the finish long and reasonably elegant for such a young wine.