1997 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Fay

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  3/2/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  Stag's Leap Library Wine Tasting (Heritage Gallery - Chicago IL): Walk around tasting, direct from the winery. Simpler and shorter vs the 2010 just tasting, this is lacking brightness and dynamism. Still fun, but not a wine to hold much longer.

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  12/25/2020 - HighPeaksWino wrote: 93 Points

  Very good wine. I suspect it was better a few years ago. Had it with a ribeye and it was a great match. Probably drank it too quickly. It seemed to be opening up after about 2 hours but alas, the bottle was gone. Solid front to back flavor. Not as full bodied as I would have hoped for. But a mature, grown up wine.

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  3/23/2020 - redknife Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Cork was a bit dry even though wine has been kept impeccably
  Wine was bright/ruby colored tight initially but after 2-3 hrs it opened up displaying nice coffee notes embedded in the dark fruit with a beautiful nose
  Wine is at its peak

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  10/4/2019 - Labrador Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This was a beautiful wine. Yes, it was a bit past its peak, but it was beautiful none the less It was a wonderful example of what great California wines are. It still had a lovely fragrance, was mouth-coating but a bit short on the back end. Everyone enjoyed it.

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  1/19/2018 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This was geoegous, and full of silky red fruits, cassis, forest floor, tobacco, and leather. Well integrated tannins and a long finish. Drinking really, really well out of 375ml but definutley no rush. Classic aged napa cab goodness.

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