Stags Leap SLV 1997

Stags Leap SLV 1997

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  • Vinous rating 89
Stags Leap SLV 1997
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HED99511

75 cl

14.5%
£200.00
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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.”.

Today, this history-making vineyard continues to produce wines with layers of complexity, spicy intensity and excellent structure, promising long life and age-ability.

1997 a sliglty cooler vintage saw a small portion of Petite Verdot incorporated in the blend. 95.93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3.82% Merlot and 0.25% Petite Verdot. Producer note – “The 1997 S.L. V. is like a poem. Its aromas and flavors are subtle and complex. It shows its classic Bordeaux-like elements in graceful abundance. Nuances of white pepper and intriguing brambly qualities perfume the essence of black plum. Fruit is luscious on the palate with an elegant backbone of spicy French oak flavoring. The wine evolves through layers of tea leaf and cassis flavors that are accompanied by restrained tannins, echoing in a silky finish.”

89 Vinous
Bright saturated ruby. Aromas of cassis, bitter chocolate, graphite and shoe polish, plus a suggestion of leafy herbacity. Supple, pliant and dense, with dark berry flavors complicated by a subtle herbal nuance. Very Stags Leap in character. Sound acids and substantial dusty-but-fine tannins give this sweet but grown-up cabernet solid structure. Showing considerably better today than this winery Fay Vineyard bottling.

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