1989 Dalla Valle Vineyards Maya Champagne The 2003 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2003 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select has a dense

spicy and vibrant

It is not quite as complex as the aromatics

There is borderline painful intensity to the appealingly textured medium weight flavors that exude a subtle minerality

tea and new leather on the nose

1989 Dalla Valle Vineyards Maya Champagne The 2003 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon"The 1989 Maya is a real stunner. Still deeply colored and intense, the 1989 boasts fabulous richness and pure power. Plums, black cherries, violets, cloves and new leather are some of the many notes that meld together in the glass. Today, the 1989 is in a sweet spot of total sensory pleasure. There is plenty of depth in the fruit, while the aromatics retain incredible freshness for a wine of its age. This is a fabulous showing made all the more