1998 Stags' Leap Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Grown Reserve Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93 points

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  2/11/2023 - mflesh wrote: 94 Points

  This was right at the optimal point for my tastes. I love a cab that is juuuuust on the very back edge of optimal and this one was right there. The nose was a little weedier than I thought it was going to be and made me wonder if I had made a mistake holding it maybe a little too long. But this actually benefitted from 20-30 minutes of air and definitely worked out a lot of that funkiness. The nose after a lot of things blew off was mushroom, truffles, soy sauce, black figs and blackberry. The palate was dense overripe fruits that were similar to the nose, the finish gaining a little bit of dusty tannin, black pepper finish.

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  4/15/2019 - gman4commerce Likes this wine: 92 Points

  While without a doubt, it was time to drink, it was tremendous from first opening - fruit was still present and smooth tannins. Slow Ox for 6 hours, then decanted and drank over 2 hours - it just got better as you go. If you have one, for sure open up and enjoy with a great steak.

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  3/15/2013 - theRealPepe Likes this wine:

  Drinking very well. Oak is integrated, tannins are smooth, fruit is rebounding and plenty of secondary flavors. Excellent.

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