Mission Codename Leap of Faith
DOLUM! STAGS LEAP!
One of our undisputed all-time best selling labels is back - with a beautiful expression of one of Napa’s most prized locations.
Stags Leap District.
An area known for Cliff Lede’s Poetry Vineyard, Joseph Phelps’ Barboza Vineyard, and others that power many a $200-300+ Cabernet.
You’ll find it challenging to scores a sub-$100 bottle from there. So, getting this bad boy for $35?! Seems like a NO BRAINER.
Dolum has been simply crushing it. Everything they make seems to impress. Racking up big scores and making some sensational wines - especially for this price.
They locked down fruit from a bunch of prized locations around the valley - from Oakville to Stags Leap and beyond.
Oh, and there’s another ingredient in the secret sauce - Chad Alexander!
Know him? You might if you’ve been around for a while. He’s been at it for a quarter century, helping put Robert Craig and Hess Collection on the map. He actually started at Hess when he was a teenager, not even of drinking age!
Then in 2009, he launched a label under his name, sourcing odd lots from various wineries in the area and offering them at breakneck discounts. In the process, he built a legion of fans. The quality was always off the meter and the prices were always down to earth.
Moving right along to the wine - which is surely plummeting into sold-out territory every minute - it’s a razztwizzling good one that’s for sure. Plum and blackberry cobbler, with sweet violets, pencil shavings, and toasty oak. Bittersweet chocolate and spice find their way into the mix. Powerfully styled, but elegantly made, it has all the components you want in a top Napa Cab.
And the PRICE!!
No. Brainer.
What the Winery Says
2020 'Cask 28' Stags Leap Disctrict Cabernet Sauvignon
- Winemaker
- Chad Alexander
- Varietals
- 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Merlot
- Vintage
- 2020
- Alcohol
- 15.2%
- Appellation
- Stags Leap District, Napa Valley
- Vineyard
- Undisclosed
- Aging
- 16 months
- Barrels
- 100% French Oak (30% new)