Wine label for Shafer 2023 Napa Valley Merlot on a black background with gold text.
Shafer Vineyards Merlot, Napa Valley 2023
Wine label for Shafer 2023 Napa Valley Merlot on a black background with gold text.
Shafer Vineyards Merlot, Napa Valley 2023
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Shafer Vineyards Merlot, Napa Valley 2023 En Primeur - Case of 6
£324.00
75cl ALC 15.3%

“The unparalleled 2023 vintage has produced a Merlot offering abundant layers of red plum, dark cherry, and raspberry, lifted by violet and lavender florals. Notes of vanilla, baking spices, and cherry pie evoke richness, while cranberry and subtle herbs add vibrant freshness. Seamlessly integrated tannins carry through to a remarkably long, graceful finish.” — Elias Fernandez, Winemaker

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Still Red

2023

15.3%

75cl

Shafer Vineyards

Shafer Vineyards

Shafer Vineyards

In 1972 Shafer purchased the winery which is located at the north end of the Stag’s Leap District of the Napa Valley, and their first vintage was in 1978. The ethos is small and family orientated, the approach to the wines quite European. They are one of the few wineries to have a proper barrel cellars cut into the hillside behind the winery. In the cellar the only wood is in the barrels, everywhere else stainless steel is used to reduce the incidence of TCA.

The vineyards are managed sustainably, without the need for chemical fertilisers or pesticides, and drip irrigation (common throughout California) is used. Birds of prey are encouraged to help with the gophers. Warm days and cool nights followed by morning fog adds elegance to the wines. 21 acres over 4 sites with a production of about 30,000 cases of wine per annum. They use drip irrigation (used throughout California).

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