Shafer TD-9, Napa Valley, 2018 zero dosage Fresh and earthy on the

Fresh and earthy on the palette with mediterranean herbs and spice

Grapes are picked and sorted by hand

Fermentation is in open vessels with a proportion of whole bunch

This blend is a combination of 2015 (10 %) 2014 (55 %) 2013 (20 %) 2012 (10 %) and 2011 (5 %)

There are 100 hectares of vines

Shafer TD-9, Napa Valley, 2018 zero dosage Fresh and earthy on theFounded in 1978, Shafer Vineyards is situated in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, east of the Silverado Trail and just north of the town of Napa. Although their main focus has always been luxuriant, richly textured Cabernet Sauvignons from their Stags Leap vineyards, they own and farm vineyards also in Carneros. Low fertility, hillside sites have always been a major priority, as has the adoption of the finest, low vigour rootstocks and clones,