Screaming Eagle
Screaming Eagle - Mixed Vintages
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USA - CALIFORNIA
1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml - $7,999.99
Wine Advocate, Dec 1995, 99 points: "This small operation is located just below the Dalla Valle vineyard near the Oakville Cross. Screaming Eagle's Cabernet Sauvignons are going to create quite a stir among lovers of that varietal - if they are able to latch onto a bottle or two. The estate is owned by Tony Bowden and Jean Phillips, one of Napa Valley's leading real estate agents. With the help of Heidi Barrett and Gustav Dalla Valle, this operation's debut vintage is the extraordinary 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon, one of the greatest young Cabernets I have ever tasted. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered, and aged in 60% new oak. It is only sold via a mailing list, so readers who want to taste one of the most exciting young wines being produced should get on the list. The 175 cases of the 1992 are followed by only 130 cases of the 1993, and a tiny quantity of 1994, as the last two vintages were even smaller in crop size. At present, the 1992 can be bought at the following Napa Valley locations: the restaurants Don Giovanni and Brava, and at the St. Helena Wine Center and Oakville Grocery. Don't dilly-dally around on this one. The 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon is exceptionally impressive. The wine's opaque purple color is followed by a sensational nose of jammy blackcurrants and subtle toasty oak. As stunning as the aromatics are, the wine reveals even greater richness and intensity on the palate, offering up layers of stunningly proportioned, ripe, intense fruit, full body, great purity, and an inner-core of sweet, creamy, highly extracted blackcurrant/cassis fruit. The tannin is nearly concealed behind the massive extract and richness. All the component parts are brilliantly focused and in balance. The finish is awesome! This is a spectacular debut release that should age effortlessly for 20 years. Screaming Eagle is one of the most exciting new wineries in California. Address: Screaming Eagle Winery and Vineyard, P.O. Box 134, Oakville, CA 94562; tel. (707) 944-0749"
1996 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml - $2,399.99
Wine Advocate, Jan 2000, 98 points: "...reveals lots of structure, an opaque purple color, and the hallmark blackberry and cassis liqueur-like notes. Silky-textured, fabulously-concentrated, and gorgeously-balanced, it has every component part - acidity, alcohol, tannin, and extract - flawlessly presented..."
1997 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml - $3,999.99
Wine Advocate, Jan 2000, 100 points: "It doesn't get any better than 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon, a perfect wine. Representing the essence of cassis liqueur intermixed with blackberries, minerals, licorice, and toast, this full-bodied, multi-dimensional classic is fabulous, with extraordinary purity, symmetry, and a finish that lasts for nearly a minute..."
1998 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml - $1,799.99
Wine Advocate, Dec 2000, 94 points: "...has turned out even better that I thought last year. It boasts a saturated ruby/purple color in addition to an expressive bouquet of cassis, minerals, and smoke. This multi-textured, round wine exhibits sweet, well-integrated tannin, a great mid-palate and finish, as well as spectacular purity and palate presence. Consume it now and over the next 15-20 years..."
1999 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml - $1,999.99
Wine Advocate, Aug 2002, 97 points: "...a gorgeously pure nose of creme de cassis, charcoal, and floral characteristics. The wine is opulent, dense, and rich, with exceptional purity, a viscous texture, and impressive underlying tannin that frames its large but elegant personality. Not surprisingly, this is a candidate for the wine of the vintage..."
2001 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml - $2,099.99
Wine Advocate, Feb 2005, 98 points: "...Dense purple-colored with a classic nose of black currant liqueur intermixed with licorice, a touch of earth, smoke, and discreet toast, this is a powerful, tannic, dense, young offering revealing Screaming Eagle's classic trademarks of fragrance, purity, nobility, and an extraordinary intensity of black currant fruit in a full-bodied, seamless style..."
2002 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml - $2,099.99
Wine Advocate, Feb 2005, 99 points: "...exhibiting a precociousness out of the gate, but capable of lasting 20-25 years. Deep purple-colored to the rim, with a gorgeously pure nose of creme de cassis with a hint of sweet cherry, licorice, and smoke, this wine is beautifully voluptuous, full-bodied, yet incredibly elegant, with a finish that goes on for close to a minute..."
2003 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml - $1,599.99
Wine Advocate, Dec 2005, 96 points: "The 2003 Screaming Eagle (84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc) exhibits the dramatic purity of creme de cassis fruit and freshness that have been hallmarks of this wine since its inception. The tannin is soft for a 2003, and the wine possesses gorgeous density and texture as well as a sweet mid-palate and a long, concentrated, harmonious finish. It is a brilliant Cabernet that should be at it best between 2007-2020+."
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