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Staglin 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- Cellar Selection
- $125
Starts with an extraordinarily complex, refined aroma, detailed and inviting in cassis, tobacco, anise, cocoa and smoky oak. In the mouth, there’s fantastic depth and complexity. The wine is rich, profound, a star even in its Rutherford stable of thoroughbreds. It has enormous power, with finely ground, sweet tannins. Absolutely gorgeous now, with the stuffing and…
— S.H.
(12/31/2005)
Staglin 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- $110
One of the best Rutherford wines of the vintage. Dramatically concentrated, everything’s on steroids, but controlled and beautiful. Very ripe and plush, oaky and young, fabulously expressive. Flavors are of black currants, sweet cherries, vanilla, smoke. A perfect expression of youthful brilliance and ageworthiness.
— S.H.
(10/1/2004)
Staglin 2007 INEO Red (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $250
Here’s a young, strong, vigorous wine that needs cellar time. It’s absolutely dry, and hits the palate with numbing tannins. But the blackberry, cassis and cedar flavors are intense and concentrated. Earns its high score by the wonderful combination of elegance and potency. Hold until after 2015.
— S.H.
(6/1/2011)
Staglin 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- Cellar Selection
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- $175
A big wine, rather ponderous now in the size and forwardness of its fruit and the volume of mainly new French oak. The fruit is massive, suggesting black and red sour cherry candy, with oak influences of smoky char and pencil shavings, and complex notes of minerals and sweet violet flowers. But it all needs time to come together. Tasted in a large flight of 2007…
— S.H.
(12/1/2010)
Staglin 2005 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- $175
Black in color, glyceriney. Massive, deep, tremendous. Some will find it overpowering in New World extraction, but it’s a real beauty in that style. Explodes in black currants, chocolate and new oak, almost overripe, with suggestions of raisins. Almost dessert-like, but stays dry and elegant. Defines modern Napa Valley cult Cabernet Sauvignon.
— S.H.
(5/1/2009)
Staglin 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- Cellar Selection
- $185
The 2008 vintage wasn’t the greatest ever in Napa, and this isn’t the greatest ever Staglin Cabernet. But it is one of the successes of the vintage, showing how a great winery rises over vintage limitations. Feels lush and dramatic in the mouth, with lush, smooth tannins housing classic Cabernet flavors of black currants, plums, green olives and dark chocolate…
— S.H.
(12/31/2011)
Staglin 2003 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- Cellar Selection
- $135
What a wonderfully rewarding wine. So delicious and elegant it dazzles, staying firm throughout, and getting even better through the finish. It’s sweetly, opulently ripe, showing a panoply of red and black cherry and mocha flavors wrapped into ripe, dusty, fine tannins. Defines classic Rutherford. Decant if you drink now, or hold through 2020.
— S.H.
(12/31/2006)
Staglin 2005 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- $175
This is obviously a beautiful Cabernet Sauvignon. It shows the pedigree and class you expect from a winery of Staglin’s level, enormously rich in black currant, mocha and cedar flavors, with ripe, soft and complex tannins. But the price is challenging. If you choose to buy and cellar, the wine should develop at least for several years.
— S.H.
(12/15/2008)
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