Press & Praise
Here’s what people are saying about our wines.
#3 - Most Popular Cabernet Sauvignon
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars ARTEMIS
Wine & Spirits 20th Annual Restaurant Poll, April 2009
91 Points
2005 FAY
“Fairly full-bodied and pleasantly supple in feel, it is at once both accessible and rather deep, and, if it has tannins in place for five years of growth, it is already inviting and will partner nicely with savory meats in the mid-term.”
Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine, April 2009
New World Greats to Lay Down
FAY Cabernet Sauvignon
“This has the Napa Valley signature with great elegance and a soft finish. Superb value.”
Vincent Gasnier, Master Sommelier
Decanter, July 2008
The Pursuit of Perfection, Best of 2007
2002 CASK 23
"Tightly wound and powerful. Great fruit, but well-controlled, with lovely blackberries, blueberries and minerals. Exciting to drink as it dances along the edges"
Wall Street Journal, December 28, 2007
New World icons of today…and tomorrow. Are they in your cellar?
“Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ Cabernets - particularly CASK 23, SLV and FAY - remain in top form."
Decanter, September 2007
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars: Bottling the Test of Time. A 30-year Retrospective Tasting.
“After sampling more than a dozen older and current vintages of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ offerings, I was not surprised when their well-aged Cabernets showed its true colors. Winiarski’s wines have always been a class act.”
Leslie Sbrocco
Wine Review Online, June 2006
Tasted 30 years later: They’re alive!
“A rematch of the historic 1976 Paris event proves California reds age gracefully, as they topple French classics.”
Patrick Comiskey
Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2006
90 Points
2005 CASK 23
“It is smooth and supple in feel with plenty of palatal weight and a fine sense of polish, and its neatly fit spine of firm structural tannins is precisely the stuff of fine Cabernet.”
Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine, April 2009
A Personal Top 10 “Best Wineries”
“At a time when others feel compelled to shoot for more alcohol, more extract, and overripe flavors, this project remains true to the vision of the founder.”
Dan Berger’s Vintage Experiences, December 11, 2008
Legendary California Vineyards
“If anyone doubts the concept of terroir, they need only taste the FAY Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon or the CASK 23. The FAY makes a defining statement about this place on earth. CASK 23 refines and exalts it. To sip FAY is to taste classic Stags Leap—a solid core of concentrated fruit yet with smooth tannins and a voluptuous mouth-feel.”
Jeff Cox
Wine News, June/July 2008
For Thanksgiving, Drink American, California Cabernet Celebrates History and Good Taste
2002 CASK 23
“BEST OF TASTING”
Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2007
Fine Wines and Spirits worthy of a place in your private cellar
2003 CASK 23
“…upholds the label’s reputation for power and elegance.”
Robb Report, April 2007
Judgment Day: Part Deux
“What the 2006 showdown between California and France really proves: It is remarkable that Winiarski’s first vintage was 1973 and that such a young vineyard produced a wine that was impressive on release and after 30 years.”
Linda Murphy
San Francisco Chronicle, June 1, 2006
The Top Forty Vintners, Vineyards, and Vintages
“Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. is delicious in its youth but perhaps even more delectable with seven to fifteen years of age, when its affinity to classic red Bordeaux comes to the fore.”
Paul Lukacs
The Great Wines of America, Copyright 2005