Stags Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is a benchmark Napa Valley red, offering power, finesse, and age-worthy structure from one of the most historic vineyard sites in California. Sourced exclusively from the legendary Stag's Leap Vineyard—where the winery’s 1973 vintage stunned the world at the Judgment of Paris—this 2021 release continues the legacy with intensity and elegance.

The wine opens with complex aromas of black cherry, currant, graphite, and dried herbs, layered with hints of cocoa, cedar, and violet. On the palate, it delivers a rich, full-bodied expression with silky tannins and deep notes of dark berry, espresso, spice, and earthy minerality. Aged in French oak, the finish is long, structured, and refined.

Tasting Notes:
Black cherry, cassis, graphite, cocoa, espresso, cedar, and violet with polished tannins and a persistent, elegant finish.

 

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is a benchmark Napa Valley red, offering power, finesse, and age-worthy structure from one of the most historic vineyard sites in California. Sourced exclusively from the legendary Stag's Leap Vineyard—where the winery’s 1973 vintage stunned the world at the Judgment of Paris—this 2021 release continues the legacy with intensity and elegance.

The wine opens with complex aromas of black cherry, currant, graphite, and dried herbs, layered with hints of cocoa, cedar, and violet. On the palate, it delivers a rich, full-bodied expression with silky tannins and deep notes of dark berry, espresso, spice, and earthy minerality. Aged in French oak, the finish is long, structured, and refined.

Tasting Notes:
Black cherry, cassis, graphite, cocoa, espresso, cedar, and violet with polished tannins and a persistent, elegant finish.

 

Ratings

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James Suckling

"A firm but refined, elegant wine that shows great balance, tension and a wonderful bouquet of floral, savory and black-fruited flavors. Creme de cassis, dried cherry, cigar box, bay leaf and black olive notes fill the aromas and flavors, while snug, fine-grained tannins light up the texture. Full-bodied. It's a vintage worth aging."

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Wine Spectator

"Rich and well-fruited, but with a touch of restraint, as boysenberry, blackberry and cassis notes move slowly and steadily, flanked by suave hints of alder and warm earth and backed by subtle echoes of violet and savory on the finish."

Product Detail

Size 750 mL
Producer Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Dominant Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2021
Country United States
Region California
Sub Region Napa Valley
Alcohol Percentage 14.5