Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23 Cabernet Sauvignon 1985 750ml

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, founded by Warren Winiarski in the Stags Leap District, became world-famous when its 1973 Cabernet won the 1976 Judgment of Paris. Cask 23, first made in 1974, is the winery's flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, produced only in top years. The 1985 vintage is one of Napa's most celebrated of the decade, and Wine Advocate, tasting it with Winiarski, found it "out-performed the '84 by a wide margin." It showed blackberry, black coffee, plum and licorice, with smooth, velvety tannins, mulberry and black plum on an elegant, medium-bodied palate. Now fully mature at about 40 years old, it should be decanted gently and enjoyed soon.