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• Located within the Napa Valley AVA 6 miles north of the city of Napa
• Often referred to as a “valley within a valley”
• Bounded on the east by the towering Stags Leap Palisades, to the west by the gently rolling hills and the Napa River, to the north by the Yountville Cross Road, and to the south by low-lying flatlands
• A mere two square miles (Barely a mile wide and three miles long) — over half of which is vineyard
• The first Napa Valley AVA to be designated specifically because of the uniqueness of its soils
• Soils on the eastern elevation are the result of volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago, as well as the slow erosion of the arid Vaca Mountains
• In the lowland area, where a much broader Napa River once ran, old river sediments have created a blend of loams with a clay-like substructure
• Gravely soils, those of the hillsides, are coarser and retain less water than most resulting in low-vigor vines
• The rock facades of the palisades reflect the heat of the sun onto the vineyards below, causing temperatures to rise more quickly than in neighboring vineyards
• The cooling effect of  the marine air flowing north from the San Pablo Bay through the Stags Leap District corridor coupled with nighttime air drainage off the mountains and hills, means lower nighttime temperatures
• In 1976, at a blind tasting in Paris, nine judges awarded first place to a 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Reserve, ahead of the great growths of Bordeaux
• Known today particularly for Cabernet Sauvignon