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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2008 Cask 23 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $195
One sip is all it takes to fall in love with this 100% Cabernet, which hails from the winery’s Stags Leap District vineyards. It’s soft, lush and opulent in blackberry, cherry, blueberry, cassis, dark chocolate and smoky oak flavors. Although it was aged in 100% new French oak, the oak isn’t at all heavy. Rather, it’s perfect, adding just the right touch of smoke…
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2001 Cask 23 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $150
Classic Napa Cab, right up there with the greats. Somehow manages to combine monstrous power with understated elegance. The strength is obviously in the ripe fruit and elaborate oak, while the subtlety lies in the soft tannins and impeccable balance. It’s a wine you return to over and over, trying to figure it out, but it’s always a step ahead. Drink now, with rich…
— S.H.
(2/1/2005)
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 1998 SLV Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $100
Certainly one of the successes of the vintage. Packed with cassis, sage, plum, tobacco, earth and smoky oak, and perfectly dry and balanced. Sheer joy in the mouth, like liquid velvet. It changes every second, offering up tiers of flavors through the spicy finish.
— S.H.
(6/1/2002)
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2008 S.L.V. Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $125
An awesome Cabernet, so elegant, powerful and refined. As softly attractive as it is, it has a reserve of power that should enable it to age effortlessly. Ripe, sweet tannins house exorbitant flavors of blackberries and cassis, accented with new oak. It makes for a full-bodied, showy 100% Cabernet, drinkable now and over the next 15 years.
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2008 Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $55
This Cabernet is a blend of estate and purchased fruit. In a successful year, it rivals Stag’s Leap’s best wines, including Cask 23, and 2008 was a very successful year. Blended with 2% Merlot, and aged in lots of new French oak, the wine is, in a word, stunning. Rich, flashy blackberry and dark chocolate flavors are anchored by an earthiness suggesting cured…
— S.H.
(2/1/2012)
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 1998 Cask 23 Red (Napa Valley)
- $150
What a great success. Oozes with blackcurrant jam and cassis and a dash of black pepper. Flamboyant oak adds a perfume of vanilla and smoke. Fleshy, long and full, this beautiful wine is not a monster, but it coats the palate with spicy flavors that epitomize class and style.
— J.M.
(6/1/2002)
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2007 Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $55
Here’s a Cab to put in the cellar. It’s big and rich and frankly sensational, just massive in blackberries, currants and sweet dark chocolate. The tannins are fierce, but very fine, and the overall balance is impeccable. Too astringent now, even with decanting, but should easily improve in the bottle throughout the next decade.
— S.H.
(2/1/2011)
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2008 Fay Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $95
So upfront in spectacularly ripe raspberry, cherry and mocha flavors, it’s hard to keep from draining the bottle now. This shows the classic tannins of Stags Leap, soft and sweet but potent. Drink it now and enjoy for sheer opulence, but you might be missing out on something really special around 2016.
— S.H.
(4/1/2012)
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