Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23 Vintage 2018 VINTAGE WINES 2022

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23 Vintage 2018 VINTAGE WINES 2022About the wine The story of CASK 23 began during the harvest of 1974. Back then, the winery enlisted the help of celebrated winemaker Andr Tchelistcheff. As he tasted through various lots of new wines from that year, one lot from S. L. V. was so beautiful and deliciously distinct the winery decided it should be bottled separately. It was named CASK 23 for the large wooden cask in which it was aged. Today, the wine is a blend of the most distinctive

Although not labeled as one Les Chaponnieres is a premier cru vineyard and more recent vintages have been labeled as such

4 hour decant

That said one or two have surprised recently

Lovely tasting wine

sometimes too much

It is worthy

Veeder is expressed nicely in this wine

Established in 1797 and still infamy ownership today

Wine Level: 3cm from base of cork

followed by dry conditions allowing the botrytis to spread across the grapes

Tasting Note 07/09/2023 -92 Points

(1996 vintage) "(1999) Smoky and savoury with a vegetal quality