Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

Not to be confused with the Stag's Leap Winery, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars has founded by Warren Winiarski in 1972, who left his job at Robert Mondavi to setup his own winery in Napa. The winery achieved cult status when the 1973 vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon won first place, above the finest red wines of Bordeaux at Stephen Spurrier's famous "Judgement of Paris" tasting in 1976.

The winery now make a range of wines including a Chardonnay, a Merlot, a single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon called Fay and Cask 23 - the winery's flagship blend that is only made in selected vintages. These are classic wines with just a hint of Californian excess - fruit character is ripe, but not over the top and the tannins are firm and fine grained on the Cabernet Sauvignons while Karia Chardonnay is tropical and full, seeing a hint of new oak during the maturation.