Stag's Leap Wine Cellars SLV Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Planted by the Warren Winiarski family in 1970, S.L.V. achieved international fame when three year old vines from the 1973 harvest produced a wine that shocked the wine world by triumphing over some of France's greatest wines in a 1976 blind tasting known as the "Judgment of Paris". Today, this history-making vineyard continues to yield wines of multi-layered complexity, structure, and spicy intensity.

In its youth, this wine rewards those who let it sit in the glass and open up before discovering its generous character. At first, it presents dark fruit and floral aromas, then an earthy hint of rosemary and black truffle. Similar flavors unfold, including dark cherry, blueberry and plum that join with cocoa powder and spiced vanilla. This mouthfilling wine builds in richness and density through its long, smooth finish. Try it with a dry-aged porterhouse steak, grilled game, or a wild mushroom tart.