USA

The long, cool vintage has endowed this wine with inky, midnight color, perfume-like aromas, and elegant flavors of black fruit that's rich and juicy down to the core, with enticing layers of cocoa, black tea, spice, subtle toast, and the kind of mouthfeel you only get with ripe, silky Stags Leap District tannins.

This Chardonnay offers elegant aromas and flavors of melon, honeysuckle, apricot, pineapple, citrus zest, and flint. The abundance of exotic fruit is complemented by bright acidity, seamless balance, and a long, mouth-coating finish.

A remarkable wine, the 2010 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select has gone from strength to strength since it was in cask. It is stunningly rich, with classic, fragrant notes of blackcurrants, blackberries, vanilla, graphite and spring flowers.