Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Cask 23 other_regions_australia In a year that produced

In a year that produced huge

sandalwood and wild dark berries

this essentially remains a Bâtard of refinement

This is the first wine to display any significant amount of reduction

The finish is quite gassy and a bit hard to read but my projected range offers the benefit of the doubt that the underlying material

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Cask 23 other_regions_australia In a year that producedThe 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23 reveals more oak on the nose, but is a much deeper, richer, fuller wine than the S. L. V. Dense ruby purple to the rim, beautiful blackberry and cassis fruit, cedar wood, toast and earth jump from the glass. Full bodied and layered, but with nothing out of balance, this is probably the strongest Cask 23 since the glory years of the mid 80s. Look for this wine to drink well young, yet age effortlessly for 25 years.