Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, S.L.V. Estate Grown, Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District 2012 (12 BT)

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, S.L.V. Estate Grown, Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District 2012

Highlights:

S.L.V., also known as Stag's Leap Vineyards, is the winery's first vineyard. Planted in 1970, this vineyard achieved international fame when three-year-old vines from the 1973 harvest produced a wine that stunned the wine world when it bested some of France's greatest wines in a 1976 blind tasting known as the "Judgment of Paris."

The 2012 vintage was a textbook one for the Napa Valley, producing exceptional fruit. The 2012 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon offers intriguing aromas of cocoa powder, wild blackberries and currants.

The wine has a plush entry that fills the mouth with dark blueberry and wild berry flavors along with hints of spice. The palate is rich and concentrated with big, yet round, tannins that lead to a lingering finish of black currant with hints of sweet oak. The wine's structured tannins, rich fruit and pleasing minerality point to this wine's ability to age.

Wine Facts:

• Sustainably produced

• This wine is 100% estate grown and bottled

• This is a single vineyard wine

12 bts (cn)