(Stag’s Leap’s “Estate Collection” Cabernets command prices in the $150 to $300 range. Layered and complex, this wine features aromas and flavours of chocolate, dried black plum, licorice and. It’s also Stag’s Leap’s more moderately priced lineup the 2018 “Artemis” has an average price of $73 but is $10 to $20 less at many stores. Stags Leap Winery is more than a deer crossing. It’s a Cabernet blend that’s part of Stag’s Leap’s “Napa Valley Collection,” which draws on fruit both from the estate and sourced from a range of other Napa vineyards, with Artemis relying more on the latter. Surprisingly accessible in its youth, it will continue to develop for years - a California Cab you’ll never grow tired of that can be enjoyed with all kinds of meat dishes and beyond.
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ 2018 “Artemis” Cabernet Sauvignon is a gorgeous, complex wine that’s as classic Napa as it gets, with quintessential notes of concentrated blackberry and cassis, hints of vanilla and milk chocolate, and a touch of bell pepper - all framed by dusty tannins and a stony minerality. This rugged landscape of rocky iron-rich red volcanic soils produces wines that strike a balance between elegance and power. Forty-five years after showing up Bordeaux in the landmark “ Judgment of Paris” spectacle, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars remains a benchmark for California Cabernet Sauvignon, a “first-growth” Napa Valley estate, as it calls itself - proud of its victory over the French but not opposed to borrowing the designation of the greatest Bordeaux wines.
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