Stags’ Leap Winery The Leap Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintage: the 2012 vintage will be remembered for its abundance of high-quality fruit. The season began with exceptional moderate weather that brought virtually no harm to the grapes all the way through fruit-set and the long mild days continued well into the summer. A cooler-than-normal period hit at the end of september which allowed for the preservation of ideal fruit aromatics freshness and natural acidity. Vineyards: cabernet sauvignon is synonymous with the stags leap district and has always been a mainstay in the winemaking program at stags’ leap winery. The leap is sourced from select cabernet sauvignon blocks within our stags’ leap winery estate vineyard. This singular expanse of earth tucked up against the eastern palisades of napa valley features thin rocky soils in its upper reaches giving way to finer-grained loamy soils at its floor. The heat-reflecting palisades with their towering rocky crags provide consistent warmth over the estate and help balance the cool