Stags' Leap Winery The Stag Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
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Another amazingly youthful wine is the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon The Leap, meant for 25-30+ years of longevity. Opaque purple, with loads of blueberry, blackcurrant and black cherry fruit, some licorice, smoke and graphite, the wine has terrific intensity, a full-bodied mouthfeel and a long finish. Give it 4-5 years and drink it over the following 25. Rating: 92+
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The volcanic soils at the base of the Stags Leap escarpment produced a 2013 with the meatiness of steak tartare. It’s a wine of cool intensity, the boldness of flavor based on lasting root-like spice and high notes of red fruit. Those flavors buzz over a firm base of tannins, infusing the wine with freshness and setting it up to age well for the next five years.
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A fashionable country resort in the mid-twentieth century, popular with Hollywood due to its 1892 stone Manor House and historic gardens, legends of bootleggers and gangsters, ghosts and gypsies, Stags' Leap has been home to three major family groups up through the modern revitalization of the winery that began in the 1970s.
Stags Leap Manor, as it was called in the 1920s, was known as one of the prominent country retreats in the Napa Valley at a time when resort and spa business was big. In addition to lodging and dining, amenities included lawn tennis, swimming, horseback riding, children's activities, golf, music, cards, a library, and Napa Valley wines and liquors (prior to and after Prohibition).
An intimate valley within the greater Napa Valley, Stags Leap is a place of natural beauty, storied buildings and gardens, a lively history, and a reputation for elegant wines showing finesse and intensity.