Stag's Leap Hands of Time Chardonnay 2020 Napa Valley 《WC Selection - ZUS002》

Region : Napa Valley 

Grapes : 100% Chardonnay

Alcohol : 14.5% vol

Website: https://www.stagsleapwinecellars.com/

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Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, notably known for beingthe winery that won the Cabernet Sauvignon competition in the famous 1976Judgment of Paris, was founded in 1970, and is considered a Napa Valleyfirst-growth estate.

1969

The founder of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars firsttastes with Nathan Fay, whose scenic vineyard below the rocky promontory of theStags Leap Palisades, so named because of the legend of the stag whosuccessfully eluded hunters by leaping to freedom across the district'slandmark peaks, was the first planting of Cabernet Sauvignon in what laterbecame the Stags Leap District.

1970

The founder purchases the 44 acre property, whichwas primarily a prune orchard, next to Nathan Fay's vineyard, named theproperty Stag's Leap Vineyards, and replanted it to Cabernet Sauvignon and alittle bit of Merlot. Stag's Leap Wine Cellars was born.

1972

The first vintage of S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon isproduced.

1973

The first winery building is completed, and the nowhistoric 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon becomes the first wine made in the newred wine facility.

1974

The first vintage of CASK 23 is produced afterconsulting winemaker Andre Tchelistcheff, while tasting through the lots ofwine from this vintage, decided that one lot, which was in the large woodencask numbered 23, was so beautiful and deliciously distinct that it should bebottled separately.

1976

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars wins the CabernetSauvignon category in a blind tasting staged by Steven Spurrier, an Englishwine merchant in Paris, among French wine experts between American and Frenchwines. This later became known as the famous Judgment of Paris. Learn More

1986

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars purchases FAY vineyardfrom Nathan Fay.

1989

The Stags Leap District in Napa Valley isestablished as an American Viticultural Area.

1990

The first bottling of FAY Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignonis produced from Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars.

1996

A bottle of the history-making 1973 S.L.V. CabernetSauvignon is placed in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s n

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