One Point Five is a tribute to the generation and a half father-and-son relationship between John and Doug Shafer. Mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, the blend includes 1% each Petit Verdot and Malbec and was aged for 20 months in new French oak barrels. It has a brilliant medium-deep ruby color, slightly closed dark fruit aroma with mocha notes, creamy texture, spice, mocha and dark plums, 15.1% alcohol and good length, with no heat. This 2008 One Point Five is another in a long line of Shafer Stags Leap District benchmark reds.
Shafer, Stags Leap District (Napa Valley, California) 2008
By Gerald D. Boyd