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Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

93 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 98 from 5 critics
Community evidence
Community 91 from 458 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

93 / 100

Stags Leap District · 2018

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

2026now 20262050
Good to open now. The window runs 2026 to 2050. Published by 3 critics.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£306–£733

Median £331 · 2026-09

Our own summary of 3 tracked offers in bottle, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-08. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Prices by format, normalised to a per-750ml comparable.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
1x75cl£297£823£2973not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
Quantity unknown × 750 mlnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x150cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked

Critic scores

  • 100/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 99/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 98/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

We hold 1 further critic scores for this vintage and show the 3 above.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 2 venues, £297–£823 per 750ml. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
vinobee.com · £297per 750ml
vinobee.com · £823per 750ml
grapesthewineco.com · £327per 750ml

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 price history.

LWIN 112322320180100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.