96 pts - Wine Advocate
["The 1991 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select represents the beginning of a new era where sterile filtration was halted, after which the quality of most vintages soared to new heights. They may also have been picking riper fruit, as Napa Valley was
93 pts - Wine Spectator
["Rich and plush, deeply concentrated, with complex currant, coffee and cedar, and a twinge of stalky bell pepper and green bean. Finishes with tobacco notes and firm tannins. Turns herbal, but has a long way to go.--'81/?91 California Cabernet retrospect
93 pts - Vinous
["(13.5% alcohol): More saturated, fresher color than the 199. Multifaceted, rather wild aromas of black raspberry, dried herbs, game, gunflint, leather, truffle and brown spices. Plush, gamey, ripe and generous, but at the same time nicely juicy thanks t