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Stags Leap District

Stags Leap District AVA in southern Napa Valley has a storied history. It is home to Stag’s Leap Cellars, whose 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon won the famous Judgment of Paris blind tasting that included several of Bordeaux’s most exalted First Growths. Vineyards were started in area in the late 19th century, but the district’s rise in prestige started in the late 1960s when Nathan Fay planted Cabernet Sauvignon. Fay later sold his estate to Warren Winiarski, founder of Stag’s Leap Cellars. The district was given its own AVA designation in 1989, and today there are 1,400 vineyard acres. The AVA is especially notable because it was the first in the U.S. to be granted AVA status based on terroir. Its distinctive soils is a mix of volcanic soils, river sediment and loamy clay-like soil. Because the soils don’t retain water well, vineyards in Stag’s Leap tend to grow fruit with great intensity and flavor. Cabernet Sauvignon accounts for 95% of the grapes planted in Stags Leap.

1987 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  90   

1989 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   

2001 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  95   
ST  95+    
9 available
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2001 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

Elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  95   
ST  95+    
2 available
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2001 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

Heavily elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  95   
ST  95+    

2001 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  95   
ST  95+    

2003 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WE  96   
WS  93   
ST  93   

2004 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  100   
RP  99   
WS  94   
ST  91-94   

2010 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  100   
JS  98   
ST  96+    
WS  95   
JR  15   

2018 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

JD  100   
JS  99   
WA  98+    
VN  98   
WS  95   
JR  16.5   
3 available
Bid *

2019 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  98+    
VN  98   
JS  98   
JD  98+    
WE  97   
JR  16.5   

1997 Robert Mondavi Stag's Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

WS  92   
RP  91   
2 available
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1997 Robert Mondavi Stag's Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  91   

2021 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

19 available
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2021 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

8 available
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2021 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

7 available
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2020 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

2010 Hall Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  93   
WS  92   

2010 Hall Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; heavy label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  93   
WS  92   

2003 Cliff Lede Poetry Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  95   
CT  93.4   
3 available
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2004 Cliff Lede Poetry Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  96   
WS  94   
CT  93.5   
ST  90   
3 available
Bid *

2005 Cliff Lede Poetry Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  95   
ST  93   
CT  92.9   
WS  91   
4 available
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2007 Cliff Lede Poetry Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
CT  94.1   
ST  93   
WS  91   
2 available
Bid *

2013 Cliff Lede Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  93   
2 available
Bid *

2013 Futo 5500 SLD

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  98   
RP  97+    
VN  97