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2009 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23 Napa Valley
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About Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

Winner at the 1976 Judgement of Paris, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars showed the world that Napa Valley wine could compete with the best of France. Today, Stag's Leap continues to produce premium estate Cabernet Sauvignon from its winery in Yountville, California. Cask 23, the flagship wine, is a blend from the prized S.L.V. and Fay vineyards.

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2009 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23 Napa Valley

Producer: Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: California
Region: Napa

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2012

Bright ruby-red, the most saturated of these 2009 cabernets.  Good floral and herbal lift to the aromas of currant, black cherry, soil and underbrush.  A step up in pliancy of texture and depth, with good vinosity giving shape to the middle palate.  Finishes with rather suave tannins, a whiff of herbs and sneaky persistence.  Still, this is less expansive on the back end than the better vintages of past years from this winery.

91 Points | Wine Spectator
94+ Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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About Napa Valley

Napa Valley is the most famous wine-growing area in the U.S. It begins at the base of Mount St. Helena in the north and tapers off some 30 miles to the south into the floodplain where the Napa River enters San Francisco Bay. From Mount St. Helena to the city of Napa, the valley is defined by two north-south ridgelines of the Coast Range Mountains.
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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon built its reputation on Bordeaux's Left Bank. Here, in the district of Medoc, the varietal is the key component of blended wines that also may include some Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and even Malbec and Petit Verdot. Moving slightly south, Cabernet Sauvignon meets Merlot in roughly equal proportions in the red wines of Graves. In both of these Bordeaux regions, the top bottles...
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