The name tells you everything you need to know about how this wine is made. One Point Five refers to the one and a half shifts that Shafer’s dedicated vineyard team works every single day tending their Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon vines — an extraordinary commitment to viticulture that goes far beyond what most wineries, even in Napa, are prepared to do. It is this obsessive attention to detail in the vineyard that makes One Point Five one of the most consistently brilliant Cabernet Sauvignons in California. While the TD-9 celebrates the Bordeaux blend, One Point Five is Shafer’s pure Cabernet statement — a wine that showcases the Stags Leap District at its most focused and expressive. The 2018 vintage was outstanding in Napa, and this wine is a breathtaking example of the appellation at its peak: layers of blackberry, raspberry, and black liquorice unfold on the nose alongside bay leaf, sage, cinnamon, clove, and dark chocolate — a complexity that speaks of both exceptional fruit and masterful winemaking. On the palate it is everything great Napa Cabernet should be: complex, expressive, and lush, with a structure of ripe, beautifully integrated tannins that give the wine extraordinary presence and ageing potential. A wine of profound beauty that is drinking magnificently now — and will continue to evolve and reward for decades to come. At £94.99, it is one of the finest Cabernet Sauvignons we stock.