Stag's Leap Wine Cellars: CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvigon 2021

Name: CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvigon
Brand: Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
SKU: 66445H
Price: 330 EUR
Availability: InStock

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2: Cabernet Sauvignon 100%

5: rot, trocken; 14,5% Vol.; Trinkreife: 2026–2053; Verpackt in: 6er OHK

9: pikant & würzig; voluminös & kräftig; strukturiert

3: Lobenberg: 97/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 100/100; Parker: 97/100; Decanter: 97/100; Suckling: 97/100; Wine Spectator: 97/100

6: USA, Californien

7: Allergene: Sulfite,

Abfüller / Importeur: Stag's Leap Winery, 5766 Silverado Trail, CA-94558 Napa, USA

Lobenberg: Dieser Cask 23 ist ein großes Monument von Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars. Der Wein besteht immer aus einem Blend herausragender Fässer des Fay Vineyards und des ikonischen S.L.V.. Im Bilderbuchjahrgang 2021 besteht er aus einem etwas größeren Anteil FAY. Schon beim ersten Riechen spürt man die unfassbare Magie dieses Weins! Die Nase öffnet sich wie ein Gemälde von unendlicher Tiefe: Schwarze Johannisbeeren, reife dunkle Pflaumen und ein Hauch von Blaubeeren tänzeln mit frischer Minze, Graphit und einem feinen Hauch von rauchigen Gewürzen des Holzausbaus. Vanille, warmer Karmin, schwarzer Pfeffer, Zedernholz und ein Hauch von geröstetem Mokka. In diesem druckvoll schiebenden Wein geht es gar nicht um lautstarke Opulenz, sondern um Präzision, Harmonie und schiere Perfektion. Im Mund breitet sich ein Aromen-Universum aus. Dieser Wein ist echt ein Epos! Dichte, aus feinster Seide gewobene Tannine wickeln sich um die tiefschwarze Frucht. Extraktsüße und Frische tanzen miteinander. Über all der Dichten, dunklen Aromatik thront eine kühle, steinige Mineralität, die für den Stag’s Leap District steht. Auch der Nachhall ist schlichtweg eine Offenbarung. Minutenlang hallen dunkle Schokolade, Graphit und diese ätherische, fast sphärische Frische nach. Mit diesem Cask 23 im Glas kann man direkt in die Seele der Region blicken. Total anmutiger Stoff und mit das Beste, was Kalifornien zu bieten hat!

Jeb Dunnuck über: CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvigon

-- Jeb Dunnuck: Aged 21 months in new barrels, the tiny production 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23 is brooding and inward yet has incredible purity in its darker currant and cassis-like fruit as well as subtle smoked tobacco, crushed stone, liquid violet, and graphite-driven nuances. These carry to a deep, layered, sensationally concentrated Cabernet that has sweet yet building tannins, a seamless mouthfeel, flawless balance, and a great, great finish. It needs to be hidden for a decade if you can, but this is a legend in the making and will have 50+ years or more overall longevity if well stored. For the technical geeks out there, the alcohol is 14.8% and its pH is 3.72.

Parker über: CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvigon

-- Parker: A blend of Fay and S.L.V. barrels—with the proportions favoring Fay this vintage—the 2021 Cask 23 Cabernet Sauvignon shows a bit more toasty oak at this stage of its development but also some attractive violet and herb shadings, cassis, cherries and blueberries. It's medium to full-bodied and silky textured across the mid-palate, then lingers elegantly on the finish. It's a super effort, one that nicely captures the overall feel of the Stags Leap District AVA.

Decanter über: CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvigon

-- Decanter: The first vintage of Cask 23 ever released was the 1974 vintage, with André Tchelistcheff as the consultant. While tasting all the barrels of S.L.V., Tchelistcheff came across one barrel so exceptional that they bottled it on its own, naming it after the barrel in which it was aged—Cask 23. Originally bottled only in the best vintages until 1990, when FAY was introduced as another single-vineyard expression, Cask 23 became a blend of the two single vineyards, FAY and S.L.V., aiming for a balanced, harmonious expression—a 'sum greater than the parts' kind of wine. The 2021 Cask 23 was aged 21 months in 100% new French oak barrels. It displays an opaque purple-ruby colour with a magenta rim. The wine offers super dark fruit aromatics, with notes of sagebrush, fig, dried lavender, and salted dark chocolate. Full-bodied, it boasts incredible tension and mineral-laced, muscular tannins that are fine-grained with tremendous staying power, finishing with cocoa powder and an extravagant flourish. This wine has impressive energy and remarkable tension. The winemaker is Marcus Notaro.

Suckling über: CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvigon

-- Suckling: So pure, supple and creamy in texture, this refined and elegant wine delivers deep, powerful flavors on a very polished frame. Creme de cassis, baked blueberry, dried cranberry, graphite and espresso crema nuances. Full-bodied. Graceful enough to drink soon, but will reveal more complexity and intrigue with further aging. Best from 2029.

Wine Spectator über: CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvigon

-- Wine Spectator: This is loaded with gorgeous flavors of boysenberry, mulberry and blackberry puree that maintain a sleek and refined feel as violet, iris and anise notes add range, lift and energy. A super fine-grained feel completes the seduction on the lengthy finish, where subtle minerality chimes prettily. Drink now through 2042. 2,175 cases made.

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