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National Women’s Wine Competition Awards Silver Medal to Ilsley Vineyards
Red Meritage Category
Ilsley Vineyards, 2004 Seis Primas
Stags Leap District, Napa Valley
An all-star panel of 36 women judges chose winning wines for the National Women’s Wine Competition. Over 1900 wines were judged in this year’s competition, making the National Women’s Wine Competition one of the largest wine competitions in the U.S
Ilsley Vineyards, 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley
“Generously fruited and fit with lots of sweet oak, this well-filled and comparatively juicy young Cabernet is opening nicely and is easy to taste in spite of its nominal tannins. It flirts at the finish with a clear suggestion of heat, but it makes no serious sacrifice to ripeness and is governed first and last by its attractive, always varietal curranty fruit.”
- Connoisseur Magazine
92 Points - Ilsley Vineyards 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon
Dense, delicious and dry, this Cab comes from between the Silverado Trail and the Vaca Mountains. It's quite impressive, with deep structure and complex, layered flavors of currants, plums, chocolate and herbs. Thick furry tannins suggest aging. Best after 2008 and should hold and improve for another 10 years afterward."
Cellar Selection.
- Wine Enthusiast November 1, 2006
2002 Ilsley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Less ripe than Some Stags Leap wines in this tasting. Great concentration with interesting blackberry and plum flavors along with notes of dark chocolate and relatively firm tannins. Filet mignon.
- Sante, December, 2006
Ilsley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
" ...in the unlikely event that you see a bottle of Ilsley Cabernet Sauvignon on the shelves of your wine store, but all means buy it...
The wine has intensity, balance, finesse, and charm, but it is the sorry behind it that make it so special, and it really is a story of land an people.The wine is consummately a Stags Leap District cabernet, supple rich,with nuanced power and complexity, and balanced, soft tannins."
- East Hampton Star, 2007
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