Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23 Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5 Liter Magnum - signed by winemaker) 2007

Professional Ratings

• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The flagship wine, the 2007 Cask 23 Estate is primarily Cabernet Sauvignon and production is usually between 1,500-1,600 cases. Displaying finesse, power and measured restraint, this deep dark plum/purple-tinged 2007 reveals notes of black currants, Asian spices, sweet plums, Christmas fruitcake and cedar. A medium to full-bodied, delicate but substantial beauty.
• 92 Wine Enthusiast
  Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and aged in mostly new French oak, this is a very elaborate wine. It's quite good, a full-bodied, powerful Cab with a molten core of blackberries and black currants and, of course, a thick, dry layer of firm tannins. It does not seem to have quite the depth of vintages from certain earlier vintages, but it should develop nicely in the cellar over the next decade or longer.
• 92 Wine & Spirits
  An elegant vintage of Cask 23, this supple cabernet has impressive purity to its fruit in the dark sweetness of black cherries, accented by hints of violets and mint. Oak enhances the structure rather than dominating it. Blended from two vineyards in the heart of the Stags Leap District—S.L.V. and Fay—the wine has the soft layers of tannin cabernet can achieve in this corner of the Napa Valley. The fruit will rest comfortably under that blanket of tannin as the wine ages.