2007 One Point Five® Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District
Release date: March 1, 2010
Suggested California retail: $70
“[Shafer produces] Cabernet that defines the Stags Leap District.” – Wine & Spirits magazine
Shafer Vineyards is pleased to announce the release of 2007 One Point Five Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine that signals a return to the winery’s roots.
“A Stags Leap District Cabernet was our first wine back in 1978,” says Doug Shafer, president, Shafer Vineyards. “This is our home. This is the place we know best and the fruit we’ve been cultivating for more than 30 years.”
The Shafer family purchased their Napa Valley hillside estate in 1972, a property that had been the site of wine grape cultivation since the 1880s. John Shafer planted Cabernet Sauvignon on the property in the early and mid-1970s and from those vines made his first wine in 1978.
Shafer released that first vintage (100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon) in 1981 and Doug Shafer joined his father at the winery, as winemaker, just two years later.
“Dad and I learned the wine business together,’ says Doug. “At some point we coined the phrase ‘a generation-and-a-half’ to describe our partnership because it wasn’t the classic second-generation story where a parent hands off an established, profitable family business to a son or daughter. We were both here in the fingers-crossed days when no one was sure the winery would be a success.”
The One Point Five label takes its name from the generation-and-a-half idea.
One Point Five is sourced primarily from two Stags Leap District vineyards – Shafer’s hillside estate and the Borderline vineyard located two miles south of the winery, a 25-acre site purchased by the winery in 1999.
Winemaker’s Notes
“Aromas of pure, elegant black fruit, dark chocolate, and spice, followed by rich, juicy flavors of blackberry and black cherry, chocolate, and cedar, with ripe, smooth tannins and a long finish.” — Shafer Winemaker Elias Fernandez
2006 One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District is released with a suggested California retail price of $70.
“offers up juicy red and black fruit notes intermixed with licorice, coffee beans, and camphor as well as an impressive, full-bodied texture, good elegance, and floral undertones. With a savory, broad texture, this beauty can be drunk now or cellared for 15-20 years.”
— Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate
Related Links
| 2007 One Point Five Fact Sheet One Point Five — A Generation-and-a Half Story 2010 Current Releases |
Shafer Brochure Finding Our Wines Robert M. Parker Jr.’s The Wine Advocate, December 2009 |
2007 One Point Five® – Reviews
“... offers up juicy red and black fruit notes intermixed with licorice, coffee beans, and camphor as well as an impressive, full-bodied texture, good elegance, and floral undertones. With a savory, broad texture, this beauty can be drunk now or cellared for 15-20 years.”
– Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate
“Following in the Shafer tradition of very ripe and expressive wines, this one smells of black cherries, cola ... It is full and supple on the palate, and its ripeness shows here as well, but the wine also comes with plenty of primary fruit and a good bit of range, all of which gives it lots to like.”
– Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine
“A good, lusty wine ... the flavors are immaculate, suggesting ripe blackberries and currants that veer into a touch of raisin. Cellar Selection.”
– Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast.
“This very dark ruby colored Cab opens with an attractive red cherry, eucalyptus, and red currant bouquet with a hint of vanilla ... full bodied, balanced, and savory. The flavor profile is a plum and black currant blend with some nicely integrated oak.”
– Ken Hoggins, KensWineGuide.com
2007 One Point Five® – Downloads
Shafer Brochure
One Point Five — A Generation-and-a Half Story
2009 Current
2007 One Point Five Fact Sheet
2006 One Point Five Press Release,
March 2008
Robert M. Parker Jr.’s The Wine Advocate, December 2008
One Point Five® – Our Generation-and-a-Half Video
In our premier online video, John and Doug Shafer tell why the term "second generation" didn't describe their long partnership and why they had to coin their own phrase, "a generation-and-a-half" from which One Point Five gets its name.
Getting back to Our Roots In Stags Leap District
John and Doug Shafer describe the early challenges of finding enough Cabernet Sauvignon
fruit in the tiny Stags Leap District. Their solution? To purchase a new Stags Leap District
vineyard in 1999, which, along with the Hillside Estate Vineyard, became the predominant
source for the new One Point Five.
