Ilsley
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Ilsley 2005 Single Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- $55
A polished and classic Stags Leap Cab, showing the velvet glove quality of approachability, but the iron fist of ageability. Firm in tannins and bone dry, it offers lush flavors of crushed ripe blackberries, with oaky notes of butterscotch and meringue. Delicious, and will hold for a good six years.
— S.H.
(8/1/2009)
Ilsley 2004 Seis Primas Red (Stags Leap District)
- $45
An unusual blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, with a splash of Merlot, this is a beautiful wine. It’s also a young one, brimming with tight, youthful tannins that give it a lockdown astringency. But the cassis, cherry liqueur and cedar flavors are impressively deep and complex, and should ride out six to eight years of cellaring.
— S.H.
(6/1/2008)
Ilsley 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- Cellar Selection
- $48
Dense, delicious and dry, this Cab comes from between the Silverado Trail and the Vaca Mountains. It’s quite impressive, with a deep structure and complex, layered flavors of currants, plums, chocolate and herbs. Thick, furry tannins suggest aging. Best after 2008, and should hold and improve for another 10 years afterward.
— S.H.
(11/1/2006)
Ilsley 2004 Single Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- $55
This is the kind of wine the late, great André Tchelistcheff described as an iron fist in a velvet glove. The glove is the lush, forward blackberry, currant and cocoa flavors, the smooth texture and the seductively sweet new oak. The fist is the sheer power. This is an important addition to the pantheon of Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon, and one that needs some time…
— S.H.
(6/1/2008)
Ilsley 2005 Sies Primas Red (Stags Leap District)
- $50
An interesting wine that’s a blend of Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, maybe the only one in the state. Dry and softly tannic, it shows complex blackberry and cedar flavors. Could be a bit more concentrated, but it’s a polished, elegant sipper.
— S.H.
(8/1/2009)
Ilsley 2003 Single Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- $50
Pretty good wine, but a little rough right now. May develop, but no guarantees. It has rich chocolate and cassis flavors and plenty of oak, but is also very tannic, leaving a gum-numbing astringency on the slightly sweet finish. Try stashing it for a year or so, then try again.
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)
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