Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, S.L.V.

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, S.L.V.The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon S. L. V. is a paragon of elegance and finesse, yet doesn't cheat the taster on flavor. Dense ruby purple with round, juicy, earthy black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, underbrush and forest floor, the wine is fragrant, medium to full bodied, soft, seductive and round. This is a lovely, juicy, pure style of wine to drink over the next 10 15 years.

This could use better depth

If you want that old-school vibe

airy and decidedly cool nose speaks of a wide range of floral nuances

Given its breadth and pure intensity

They compare this 2015 with 2009 and 2005 in terms of style but with freshness in the style of 2001 and 2010

which resulted in high skin-to-juice ratios

Amour was created by Deutz’s long-standing managing director

Mullers 2011 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese delivers a penetrating and multifarious nose of heliotrope

This is also beautifully layered with its ripe and equally fresh nose reflects notes of roasted purple fruit

supplemented by a concomitantly deep and diverse range of reserve wines

a multidimensional core and a searingly chalky and laser-focused finish

Bold and open-knit