Shafer TD-9 2017
Red
Stags Leap District, United States
6.5
WineSaint
Fragrant cherry and violet notes lift from the glass, but the 2017 TD-9 disappoints on the palate. The wine lacks Shafer's signature concentration, with a noticeable gap in the mid-palate that leaves it feeling diluted. Technically sound but missing the depth that defines this producer.
cherryvioletleanhollow
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.