SCREAMING EAGLE Cabernet Sauvignon - Oakville, Napa Valley 2019 Bottle

Description

Screaming Eagle is renowned as one of California's most prestigious cult wineries, producing highly sought-after wines. The 2019 vintage of Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon has received exceptional acclaim, earning 100 points from Decanter, 100 points from Vinous, and 99 points from James Suckling. Decanter highlights its power and intensity, balanced with remarkable freshness and energy, presenting aromas of black and blue fruits, fresh violets, and sagebrush. Vinous describes it as a wine of mind-blowing elegance and finesse, showcasing a blend of red fruits, spice, and leather. Suckling notes the full-bodied palate is complemented by regal tannins that flow gracefully. This iconic wine promises an extraordinary drinking experience, particularly after 2027, reaffirming its place in Napa Valley’s elite.

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Screaming Eagle is perhaps the most famous California Cult winery of all time and produces one of the most sought-after wines in the world. Sourced from a small, 57-acre vineyard in Oakville, Napa, production of this exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend is supremely limited and older vintages are increasingly rare.

DECANTER 100 points
Tasted by: Jonathan Cristaldi (at Napa Valley Vintners office, St Helena, 13 Jun 2022) Part of Top-scoring wines of 2022: 100-point wines
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2052 - Power and intensity balanced by so much freshness, tension and energy – quite remarkable. Aromas lead with beautifully delineated black and blue fruits, pops of red berries, coupled with fresh violets and rose petals, black liquorice and sagebrush. Broad and mouthfilling with a lovely mid-palate density and ultra-fine-grained tannins that are rounded, long, and focused. Perfectly complete with a long finish punctuated by chaparral, dried herbs and spearmint. Shows the trademark freshness and depth that Screaming Eagle wines offer year after year.

VINOUS 100 points
Drinking Window 2029 - 2049
From: The 2019 Napa Valley Cabernets: A Deep Dive (Jan 2022)
The 2019 Screaming Eagle is a wine of mind-blowing elegance and finesse that stand apart from the generally more potent style of so many wines in this vintage. Deep, sensual and beautifully layered, the 2019 is simply magnificent from the very first taste. A whole range of red/purplish fruit, spice, leather, dried herb and blood orange accents give the 2019 its vivid, wonderfully detailed personality. Because of its price, both on release and in the secondary market, Screaming Eagle is the most talked about wine in Napa Valley. It is hype or not? All I can say is that I was very fortunate to drink a number of older vintages during lockdown and all those wines lived up to their reputations. - By Antonio Galloni on October 2021

JAMES SUCKLING 99 points
"Lots of crushed berries, such as raspberries and blackberries, with spearmint and crushed stone, as well as redcurrants. Full-bodied with regal tannins that build on the palate as you taste it and flow over like a gentle waterfall. Such a beautiful, subtle and graceful texture. Best after 2027."