Shafer, Hillside Select, Stags Leap District 1996
Shafer · California · Stags Leap District
LWIN: 1123223
Shafer, Hillside Select, Stags Leap District 1996 sold at auction 12 times in the last five years, at a median of $203 per 750ml; half of those sales fell between $191 and $246. The most recent sale was on September 25, 2026. The lowest retail price today is $322, across 9 retail offers.
Auction median, last 5 yrs
$203
12 sales · $191–246 middle half
Lowest retail now
$322
9 retail offers
Last auction sale
Sep 25
2026
Critic scores
93
Wine Advocate
92
Vinous
Shafer, Hillside Select, Stags Leap District, neighbouring vintages
Wine facts
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Sub-region
- Stags Leap District
- Type
- Red
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About Shafer
The Stags Leap District hillside that Shafer farms had grown grapes since 1880, but it was neglected when Chicago publishing executive John Shafer and his wife Betty bought it in 1972. John replanted the slopes to Cabernet Sauvignon in the mid-1970s and made the first Shafer Cabernet in 1978. His son Doug joined as winemaker in 1983, and Elias Fernandez arrived as assistant in 1984, becoming winemaker ten years later. The estate grew to four ranches in Stags Leap, Oak Knoll and Carneros. Its best-known wine is Hillside Select, from estate hillside blocks. In 2022 the family sold the winery to Korea's Shinsegae Property, with Doug Shafer staying on.
- Appellation
- Stags Leap District, Napa Valley; further ranches in Oak Knoll District and Carneros
- Owner
- Shinsegae Property, via U.S. subsidiary Starfield Properties, since February 2022
- Founded
- 1972
- Vineyards
- 91 ha
- Grapes
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Wines
- Hillside Select
- Website
- shafervineyards.com
Sources: shafervineyards.com, shankennewsdaily.com