The 2017 Nicholson Jones Stelzner Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine of beautifully expressive single-vineyard character, outstanding Stags Leap District terroir distinction, and the kind of elegantly proportioned, site-specific Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that the Stelzner Vineyard — one of Stags Leap's most historically significant and consistently exceptional sites — produces with remarkable reliability and grace. The Stelzner Vineyard's iconic position in the Stags Leap District, where Napa's famous palisades create a unique combination of afternoon shadow, cool evening breezes, and the well-drained volcanic soils that give Stags Leap its legendary iron mineral character, produces a Cabernet of outstanding aromatic purity, natural structural elegance, and the kind of mineral-driven, silky-textured Cabernet Sauvignon personality that has made this sub-appellation one of the most celebrated and collected in all of Napa Valley. Now with several years of graceful development, the 2017 Nicholson Jones Stelzner Vineyard Cabernet is revealing its full complexity: aromas of dark cherry, cassis, pencil lead, violet, cedar, iron mineral, and dried herb lead to a medium-to-full bodied, silky palate of beautiful tension, excellent natural acidity, and a long, mineral-driven finish of real Stags Leap elegance.