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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.

2011 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  96   
JS  96   
VN  94+    
WS  93   
JR  15.5   

2012 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  100   
JS  98   
WS  96   
VN  96   
JR  15   

2014 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WA  98   
VN  97+    

2016 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  100   
VN  100   
JD  100   
WS  95   
2 available
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2016 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WA  100   
VN  100   
JD  100   
WS  95   

2018 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

JD  100   
JS  99   
WA  98+    
VN  98   
WS  95   
JR  16.5   

2016 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   
VN  100   
JD  100   
WS  95   

2021 Shafer Vineyards One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  96   
VN  94   
WA  93   
6 available
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2015 Realm Moonracer

JD  97   
WA  96   
2 available
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2017 Realm Moonracer

JS  97   
JD  96   
VN  94   
2 available
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2017 Realm Moonracer

JS  97   
JD  96   
VN  94   

2018 Realm Moonracer

WA  94+    
7 available
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2021 Realm Moonracer

VN  97   

2020 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

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

Light label condition issue

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

5 available
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2012 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Chase Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

2 available
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2013 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

2014 Bevan Cellars Wildfoote Vineyard Vixen Block Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  99   

2015 Bevan Cellars Wildfoote Vineyard Vixen Block Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  98   
JD  96   

2012 Hall Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  93-95   
WS  92   

2017 Hall Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  91   
2 available
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2013 Futo 5500 SLD

JS  98   
RP  97+    
VN  97   

2014 Futo 5500 SLD

Lightly elevated cork

VN  97+    
RP  96   

2016 Futo 5500 SLD

VN  99   
WA  98   
JD  98   
6 available
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