Stags’ Leap Audentia Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Stags Leap District Drink it now or in 30 years-either way, it’s a blockbuster. These transition to a palate of almost impossible generosity, with mouthwatering and impeccably ripe fruit-black cherries, cassis, blueberry cobbler, and plum pudding-complicated by candied violets, Chinese five-spice powder, cedar, and a subtle hint of salinity that is a fantastic bookend to the savoriness of the nose. I love the savoriness here as soon as the wine is poured, a deep umami character that brings to mind soy sauce, beef bouillon, and graphite, though the counterpoint of ripe black and brambly berries, as well as a lift of fresh-picked mint, makes for a thoroughly complete and complex nose: I could sniff this for an hour and be perfectly happy. Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 Stags Leap District But there’s plenty of pleasure here already. This is one for the cellar if you have patience, and will evolve easily for the next two decades.
STAGS LEAP CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2017 FULL
Stony minerality provides a thread that runs throughout, and the texture manages to be both fine-grained and persistent, grippy and sappy yet so elegant, and large-scaled yet still full of energy. Aromas of French toast, fenugreek, distinct balsamic tones, cherry cobbler, and a hint of raspberry-coulis-filled chocolate truffle set the stage for a dense, generous palate of melted black licorice, fig Newtons, blackberries and blackberry coulis, a touch of sage, blueberries, warm sweet spice, and a bit of candied violets. What a fascinating juxtaposition of a more reserved nose and a more effusive character to the palate. Drink now, or enjoy through the early 2030s.Ĭliff Lede “Poetry” Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Stags Leap District The finish is flashed through with candied violets and Amarena cherries. Very plush, verging on velvety, with excellent extract to the warm plums, blackberries, chocolate ganache, cinnamon stick, well-aged Montecristo cigars, and excellent length. Drink now - 2041, at least.īaldacci Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Stags Leap District The first vintage from this vineyard for Amici, and it’s gorgeous, bursting with sanguine aromas joined by cherry coulis, plums, blackberries, iron filings, blood, and blood orange peel, teeing up flavors that are far more generous and sweetly fruited than the nose implies: Blackberry preserves, plum pudding, sweet vanilla spice, black cherries, crushed blueberries, candied violets, and a long, mineral-seamed finish that sings with sachertorte and dark-chocolate-enrobed espresso beans. Enjoy over the next decade.Īmici Hirondelle Vineyard 2017 Stags Leap District
STAGS LEAP CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2017 CRACKED
In alphabetical order, I recommend:Īddendum Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Stag’s Leap Districtįrom the Fess Parker Family Portfolio, this is a quieter evocation of Stags Leap District, but no less appealing, with a real sense of self-possession to the scorched earth, black licorice, and cracked peppercorns that set the stage for a balanced and energetic palate of mixed cherries, brambly berries, more of that cracked peppercorn from the nose, and a finish with a subtle allspice and lavender lift.
Its wines are often described as being structured like the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove, and the best of them do often possess a deep sense of power and potential longevity that’s made appealing even in youth by a plushness of tannic structure and generosity of fruit. Shipping included on 3+ bottles (just $147 a 3-pack).Stags Leap District is one of the most well-known of Napa’s constituent AVAs. Savory, fresh, clean and spectacular.ĭon’t miss! Our stash is small, and if we know how much you like Cab, this will be gone in a flash. Glass popping notes of ripe bing cherries, raspberries, kirsch and hints of red currants with touches of vanilla, dusty florals, olives, white pepper and warm spice. This can be enjoyed now or kept tucked away for another 5-10 years. Bright, graceful, soft tannins, thoroughly approachable and not anything like your big, gristly mountain Cab that needs more time in bottle. Now for the good stuff, the wine! Oh this lovely red. If you like big, nicely structured, vibrant Cabernets worthy of aging in the cellar for a few years, you certainly deserves a couple of bottles of this. And for 30% off retail, it’s a bargain for Cab of this caliber. 95pt Cabernet is coming in hot this rainy Monday morning, yes indeed! And not just any ‘ol Cabernet, a beautiful, refined, pure bottling sourced from Napa’s Stags Leap District.
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