Winemaker Notes
The wine is dark red to black in color, with a soaring nose of black raspberry, cherry pie, incense, potpourri, bourbon vanilla, dark chocolate and exotic spice. The palate shows the warm vintage with lush fruit and an unctuous texture, while the mountain tannins provide the structure, allowing the fruit to shine on the long finish.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
From a site on Pritchard Hill, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Stagecoach offers more blue fruits, crushed violets, espresso, and a touch of minerality to a go with a beautifully pure, full-bodied, concentrated style on the palate. It's another impressive wine from this estate, unfortunately there only two barrels made.
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Wine Spectator
Ripe and polished, with an enticing core of plum, violet and melted licorice notes, seamlessly entwined and gliding through a well-integrated finish. Refined and lengthy. You can kick back with this now, or hold for a bit. Drink now through 2030.
One of the most prestigious wines of the world capable of great power and grace, Napa Valley Cabernet is a leading force in the world of fine, famous, collectible red wine. Today the Napa Valley and Cabernet Sauvignon are so intrinsically linked that it is difficult to discuss one without the other. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that this marriage came to light; sudden international recognition rained upon Napa with the victory of the Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1976 Judgement of Paris.
Cabernet Sauvignon undoubtedly dominates Napa Valley today, covering half of the land under vine, commanding the highest prices per ton and earning the most critical acclaim. Cabernet Sauvignon’s structure, acidity, capacity to thrive in multiple environs and ability to express nuances of vintage make it perfect for Napa Valley where incredible soil and geographical diversity are found and the climate is perfect for grape growing. Within the Napa Valley lie many smaller sub-AVAs that express specific characteristics based on situation, slope and soil—as a perfect example, Rutherford’s famous dust or Stags Leap District's tart cherry flavors.