When we tasted Kuleto Cabs with Paul and Jennifer, Jennifer generously offered to put together a tasting of her favorite, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.
Jennifer found four different Stag's Leap cabs all from the same year, 2009. We met the next Friday to taste them. We let the wines breath for two hours before we started. Ten minutes before it began, we cooled the wines to the ideal serving temperature, 60-65, putting them in the fridge, and measuring with a surface temperature thermometer.
Jennifer kicked off the tasting singing Tiny Bubbles while playing ukulele, Don Ho style. It was wonderful! Jennifer has used the pandemic to learn new skills, unlike most of us.
We had a great time tasting these amazing wines with Paul and Jennifer.
Results
C - 2009 Chase Creek, Stag's Leap, Estate, Napa Valley came in first place with an average of 4.18.
B - 2009 FAY, Stag's Leap, Estate, Napa Valley came in second place with an average of 4.29.
C - 2009 S.L.V, Stag's Leap, Estate, Napa Valley came in third place with an average of 4.14.
C - 2009 Cask 23, Stag's Leap, Estate, Napa Valley came in last place with an average of 4.03.
All the wines were incredibly smooth. It's amazing what age will do for a wine. Although the wines were all earthy, a taste that typically throws me off, I thought it was well integrated and worked really well.
