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Editorial profile
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars was established in 1970 with the purchase of the S.L.V. vineyard, in the Stags Leap District at the base of the Stags Leap Palisades. Its identity was set almost immediately: the 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon placed first among red wines at the 1976 "Judgment of Paris," and Cabernet Sauvignon from the estate's two historic vineyards, S.L.V. and FAY (first planted to the variety in 1961), has anchored the winery ever since.
CASK 23 blends fruit from both sites; ARTEMIS draws on a wider set of Napa Valley vineyards. Small-lot Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, mostly from the estate's Oak Knoll District and southern Napa Valley sources, round out the portfolio. Head winemaker Marcus Notaro joined in 2013 after nearly two decades of prior Cabernet Sauvignon winemaking experience.
- Winemaker
- Marcus Notaro, Director of Winemaking
Facts read from stagsleapwinecellars.com
What's on file
Address
5766 Silverado Trail, Napa, CA 94558
Varieties
Where it's registered
Hovering a shaded region names it; a click opens its page.
- Principal5766 SILVERADO TRL, NAPA
- Also bonded904 ENTERPRISE WAY, NAPA · Napa Valley
- Also bonded8711 SILVERADO TRAIL, ST. HELENA · Rutherford
The ground it sits on
Sub-AVA · Stags Leap District
6.2
pH, 1:1 water
15.5cm
, whole profile
144cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 26 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 31.5%
- 15.9%
- 12.3%
- 7.5%
- 6.8%
26 map units · soil described over 97.9% of the region’s area · 9.8% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 44% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon · Stags Leap District
estate vineyard planted 1972; Judgment of Paris winner
Cabernet Sauvignon · Stags Leap District
estate vineyard planted 1961
Cabernet Sauvignon · Stags Leap District
blend of S.L.V. and FAY estate fruit
Cabernet Sauvignon · Napa Valley
multi-vineyard Napa Valley blend
southern Napa Valley vineyards
estate-grown fruit
single-vineyard Arcadia Vineyard
single-vineyard estate wine; wine-club exclusive
estate vineyard
blend · Stags Leap District
concentrated FAY/S.L.V. blend
Heart of FAY Cabernet Sauvignon
blend · Stags Leap District
center-block selection of FAY Vineyard
FAY Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon
blend
15 of 15 wines link to the page they were read from. The list is what a producer publishes about itself, one citation at a time — it is not a catalog, and a wine missing from it is uncurated rather than unmade.