Chimney Rock Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District Estate 2021

96 points/'Highly Recommended,' International Wine Report: "[$120 list] The 2021 Stags Leap Estate Cabernet from Chimney Rock is a mélange of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Merlot, 0.5% Petit Verdot, and 0.5% Malbec that is made with estate fruit from the winery. It’s aged 18 months in new French Oak and delivers refined notes of black plums, cassis, cedary herbs, sandalwood, tobacco, sweet vanilla and baking spices. Tannins are crunchy but wonderfully integrated into the backbone of the wine alongside a spine of rich acidity. Another winner from Chimney Rock. Drink: 2024-2039. (Jan 2024)"

95 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District is based on 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Merlot, and minuscule percentages of Petit Verdot and Malbec that's all from estate fruit in the Stags Leap District. It offers a pure, medium to full-bodied, incredibly elegant style as well as tons of minerality in its red and black fruits, ripe, building tannins, nicely integrated acidity, and just a kiss of background oak. I love the overall style of this beauty, which will compete with wines two to three times the price. Drink: 2026-2041. (Dec 2023)"

94 points/'#5 Top 100 Wines of 2024' Wine Spectator: "[$120 list] Super lush and polished in feel, with creamy-textured açaí, mulberry and cassis notes gliding through slowly. Laced with alluring hints of violet, iris and anise, this offers a melted licorice note on the finish, but the fruit wins out easily. Drink now through 2037. (6/30/24)"

93 points Decanter: "Fragrant and ripe cherry fruit is laced with ironstone minerality and charged with dizzying wild herbs and dried spring flowers. Medium-bodied with a dirth of firm, taut tannins that support a panoply of crunchy red fruit, spiced plums, and elegant cedarwood. Aged 18 months in 50% new French Oak rounded out with tiny splashes of Petit Verdot and Malbec. Drinking Window: 2024-2034. (May 2024)"