Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars is a Napa Valley estate rooted in the legends of the Stags Leap District and Napa Valley’s ascent to global wine recognition.

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars was established in 1970 with the purchase of the S.L.V. vineyard. Only six years later, the 1973 S.L.V. Estate Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded the highest honor at the Judgment of Paris blind tasting, besting First Growth Bordeaux Chateaux. This achievement solidified Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars and the Napa Valley as places that crafted world-class wines.

Today, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars is a quality benchmark for California Cabernet Sauvignon. It offers unrivaled Napa Valley wine experiences where guests enjoy first-rate hospitality and expansive vineyard overlooks that are perfectly paired with some of the most widely-recognized and coveted Napa Valley wines in the world.

Napa Valley

United States

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, have perfected the art of winegrowing and winemaking in Napa Valley and have continued to push the boundaries of impeccable vineyard and winemaking practices.

The vineyard team, led by Kirk Grace, ensures that the vineyards live in harmony with the natural environment surrounding them; they promote a healthy ecosystem in which the vineyards and local flora and fauna thrive. Head winemaker Marcus Notaro and his team produce inimitable Stags Leap District and Napa Valley wines of classic beauty from the attentively and meticulously farmed vines.

Each wine culminates from the diligent vineyard work, distinct Napa Valley terroir, and talented craftsmanship in the cellar—offering unparalleled quality, remarkable distinction, true terroir character, and a deep sense of Napa Valley history and legacy.

Viticulture

The difference between a good wine and a great wine is in the details. Our viticultural practices are driven by extreme, even obsessive, attention to those details. At Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, we know that vineyard and winery choices profoundly impact the quality of our wine, the health of the environment, and the welfare of generations to come. Our goal is to ensure that these vineyards live in harmony with the natural environment surrounding them. Our farming embraces mother nature and promotes a healthy ecosystem in which our vineyards and the local flora and fauna thrive.

Winemaking

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars’ remarkable portfolio represents the pinnacle of Napa Valley wines, with classic characteristics and astonishing caliber. Winemaker Marcus Notaro and his team handcraft wines that reflect the land on which the grapes are grown and stylistically honor the terroir that bestows them a balance of richness and elegance, softness and structure. “Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars produces wines that embody ‘an iron fist in a velvet glove,’ achieving the artful balance between ripeness and restraint, softness and structure” ROBERT PARKER’SWINE ADVOCATE