Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 1999
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- Winery:
- Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
- Region:
- USA > California > Napa > Stag's Leap District
- Varietal:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Type:
- Red Wine
- Drink Dates:
- 2002 - 2014
Review Highlights
This wine's winery: Learn more about Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
This wine's region: Learn more about Stag's Leap District
This wine's varietal: Learn about Cabernet Sauvignon wines
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"A red fruit entry transforms itself into silky plumminess." Read full review »
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", of Paris Tasting fame, yield complex, multi-layered Bordeaux-like fruit elements, while the alluvial soils of Fay produce lush perfumes and berry flavors." Read full review »
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"Clamps down on the finish, where it flexes its tannins and reveals a cedary oak flavor." Read full review »
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"To me it portrayed an earthy yet calming fruit that balanced nicely." Read full review »
Winemakers Notes
CASK 23, made only in exceptional vintages, is usually a blend of the most distinctive fruit from Stag's Leap Wine Cellars' S.L.V. and FAY estate vineyards. But now, thirty years after a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon from S.L.V. won the legendary Paris tasting, they return to this vineyard as the sole source of inspiration for the 2003 blend.
The 2003 CASK 23 is a wine of rich flavors and luscious, supple tannins. It opens with welcoming aromas of savory spices that marry with floral notes and sweet dark fruit. These aromas evolve into warm scents of vanilla, espresso, and read more...
What to Expect
California's Napa Valley has been a source of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for well over a century. Its warm climate and varied terrain allows for many styles of wine. One thread that runs through almost all the Cabernet based wines from Napa is their lush, ripe full-bodied feel and rich flavors of currant and berry. Wines from the valley floor, particularly around Rutherford, are famed for a dusty quality and those coming from the hillsides surrounding the valley, Mt. Veeder, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain for example, tend to be a little leaner with more obvious structural elements.
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User Reviews
The clarity was striking. Dark and heavy in the glass and shouting purity. I would say that the nose was nice. Good aromas of dark cherry and blackberry moving into a floral bouquet. It was something to sense it move from one to the other and back. The mouth had a heavy but not too heavy viscosity that allowed read more...
Only in meritorious vintages do we choose the most distinctive grapes from S.L.V. and Fay, our two estate vineyards in the Stags Leap District, and use them to create Cask 23, a proprietary red wine blend expressing exceptional elegance. Although S.L.V. and Fay adjoin each other, the two vineyards read more...
A Cabernet Sauvignon wine from California in USA. 1999 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23 750ml
Rating: 88/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Messenger. A dense, chewy, earthy style that shows off rich pencil lead, currant, earth and mocha flavors. Clamps down on the finish, where it flexes its tannins and reveals a cedary oak flavor. 18,500 cases made.
Wine ~ This is not a wine for the faint of heart. Open this wine when you have a very long evening to savor its magnificent journey along a sensual path of great beauty. The fiery and intense elements of S.L.V. are softened by the gentle roundness of FAY. Aromas of cassis, wild strawberry, raspberry and black read more...
Suggested Recipe Pairings
Spaghetti with Sicilian Meatballs
Pistachio-Encrusted Rack of Lamb
Sausages with Caramelized Red Onions and Radicchio
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