Shafer Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch 2017
White
Stags Leap District, United States
7.5
WineSaint
Clean citrus and white peach with a mineral backbone that keeps things focused. The blocked malo preserves brightness but leaves the mid-palate somewhat lean. Well-executed technique, though the wine stops short of real excitement.
citruswhite peachminerallean texture
Label
Shafer
→Shafer is one of the Stags Leap District's benchmark estates, built on steep hillside vineyards and best known for Hillside Select, a single-vineyard Cabernet that ranks among Napa Valley's most consistently celebrated reds.