1994 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Fay
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - Realy surprised by all the low ratings from 2012... wine was sleeping? I HAVE seen it before. Just opened this seconds ago and the nose is quite fabulous. More extravagantly barnyardy than typical Stag's Leap, more like Oakville, which very well may be as I don't know where FAY comes from. The nose is getting more stunning between each sentence typed. Fruit is definitely showing secondary characteristics- of course- but the palate reads more 1997 or even '99 than '94. Glad I have several of these left. Gads it's now showing a hint of Martha's Vineyard. Great juice.
EDIT: THANKS and cheers to chcook and bestdamncab for the comments and elucidation- it's not always easy to find out which appellations some vineyards occupy tho in this case it was slightly inexcusable laziness on my part!
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Comment posted by chcook:
2/10/2015 6:00:00 PM - I believe that Fay is directly behind the winery between Silverado trail and the eastern "mountains" bordering the valley. I think that this is considered the stags leap district (whatever that means). I agree that this is great stuff. thanks for the note.
Comment posted by bestdamncab:
2/10/2015 11:16:00 PM - Fay Vineyard is part of the Stag's Leap winery, grape vines were first and originally planted by Nathan Fay in 1961 and 1967 in the SLD, and can be seen from the new Fay Center opened last year at Stag's Leap. to drink Heitz Fay, Vichon Fay, Carneros Creek Fay, and Fenestra Fay have made me a lucky man-wish you the same.