Roughly 1.6 km wide and 4.82 km long, the Stags Leap District AVA is marked by the jagged exposed rocks of Stags Leap, which stand out prominently above the region. It is the American AVA which produced the top-scoring red (Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars) of the Judgment of Paris tasting.
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Stags Leap District 2020: The top-scoring Cabernets
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