SHAFER

"There are very few wineries in California where you can say that the original wine owners and winemaking staff are totally intact and have been, in this case, since 1978. The estate was founded by John Shafer and run with great precision by himself and more recently by his son, Doug and Elias Fernandez. The team has been working together for 38 years since the first vintage in 1978. Six years earlier in 1972, John Shafer bought the property and established the vineyard in the hillside of Stags Leap. They produce about 30,000 cases of wine - all of it noteworthy. Their Cabernet Sauvignon is true first-growth quality and their Rhone Ranger wine made from Syrah and Petite Sirah, called Relentless, is about as profound as you can get from those varietals." - The Wine Advocate

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