2003 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Cask 23

Good ruby-red. Expressive aromas of redcurrant, plum, chocolate, earth, cigar box and nutty oak. Sweet and lush but bright, with good shape and definition to its complex flavors of plum, currant, cherry, milk chocolate, fresh herbs and cedary spices.Finishes ripe, dense and long, with an intriguing minerality.This seems as strong as the excellent 2002, but perhaps a bit more forward in style. Also tasted: 2005 Karia Chardonnay Napa Valley.