Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars is one of Napa Valley’s great icons. The estate sits in the Stags Leap District, one of the region’s most respected appellations. From there, it helped turn Napa from a promising region into a global benchmark for fine wine.

The defining moment came in 1976. At the Judgment of Paris, a blind tasting changed wine history. Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars entered its 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon. Then the impossible happened. The wine beat some of France’s most famous First Growth Bordeaux wines and took first place in the red wine category.

As a result, the tasting shocked the wine establishment. More importantly, it proved that California could compete with the very best of Europe. It also gave Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon a new global reputation.

Today, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars continues that legacy. The winery produces elegant, age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon with depth, balance, and finesse. Its wines show rich fruit, refined tannins, and a clear sense of place.

Few estates can point to one moment that changed wine forever. Yet Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars can. Because of that victory, the estate remains a symbol of American winemaking excellence.