Inspired by a local Native American legend, founder Horace Chase named his Napa wine estate Stags' Leap with the inaugural 1893 vintage. The Leap honors the heroic stag who, in the legend, vaulted across a chasm in the Palisade cliffs above the property to elude pursuers. The block of our Estate Vineyard we call The Leap lays at the doorstep of the historic Stags Leap Manor House. This is the heart of the estate, with exceptionally well-drained volcanic soil that produces our most distinctive Ca...