Community Tasting Notes 14

• Elmagilla wrote: 88 points

  December 12, 2023 - The wine has aged as expected. It is still complex but has lost some of its fruit. I would say it is now getting far along the down slope. It is pleasant but no longer able to compare to wines of equal quality that are still at or near peak. The nose was light and the depth missing again due to age. It has become more off a front porch wine than a dinner wine at this point.

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• bottles.and.bites wrote: 97 points

  September 5, 2023 - Leather, perfume, cassis. Dried blackberry. Deep purple floral potpourri. Acidity is still so fresh. Stunning at 37 years old. Tannin structure still here and acidity can probably still carry this 10 more years. Old school Napa, showing a lot of class. The best birthyear wine I’ve had so far in my life.

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• sdwineguru Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 27, 2022 - 1986 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23. Light-mid ruby, brick/amber edges: some viscosity (13.1 alc.); red fruit, herbaceous, light mint, cassis and leather nose; low-acids; low-mid tannins; a little past its prime; decent fruit still; wonderful Cabernet flavor; a little short. 17 UC Davis scale, 92 other scales.

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• fcxj wrote: 86 points

  March 12, 2020 - Quite average.

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• bestdamncab Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 29, 2019 - Nose of wet forest floor, black cherry, red cherry, and saddle leather, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, mouth filling fruit, lovely fruit, starting to show it's age, time to enjoy is now, and a long, flavorful finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1986
• Type Red
• Producer Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Cask 23
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Stags Leap District

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• In Cellars 126 (70%)
• Consumed 53 (30%)

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