2016 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Magnum -  OWC - 1500ml
2016 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Magnum -  OWC - 1500ml
2016 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Magnum -  OWC - 1500ml

2016 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Magnum - OWC - 1500ml

$12,895.00
2016 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Magnum OWC - 100 pts!

Screaming Eagle is California's original and most sought after cult wine in the world. Produced in tiny quantities from a small vineyard in Napa's Oakville appellation, the Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine regularly sells for upwards of $3000 plus a bottle and is America's most expensive regularly produced wine.

Jean Phillips established the vineyards in 1986, and set about selling fruit to local producers in Napa. After a few years, the decision was made to set up a winery, and the first vintage of Screaming Eagle was released in 1992. Robert Parker rated this first vintage at 99 points, and cult status was sealed – since then, the 1997 and 2007 vintages have achieved the coveted 100-point rating from the famous wine critic. Sales are done from the winery through a mailing list, which has been full since 2000 – and there is a waiting list several thousand names long.

Screaming Eagle's vineyard lies within the Oakville AVA in the southern part of Napa Valley. It is planted mainly to Cabernet Sauvignon with some Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and a small plot of Sauvignon Blanc. Screaming Eagle's second wine, Second Flight, is made from the vineyard's younger vines, and a white wine, the Screaming Eagle Sauvignon Blanc, was introduced in 2012. Although sold initially for $250 a bottle in 2012, this wine quickly reached astronomical prices on the secondary market as well, up to 10 times the release price.

In 2006, Screaming Eagle was famously sold to Stanley Kroenke and Charles Banks for an undisclosed sum, rumored to be upwards of $30 million. Nowadays Kroenke owns Screaming Eagle outright.

    

Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2016
Rating 100 RP
Bottle Size 1500 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country USA
Region California
Location North Coast
Producer Screaming Eagle
Color Red
Wine Type Red
Rating 100 RP - The 2016 Screaming Eagle is, as usual, mainly Cabernet Sauvignon with a little Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps from the glass with bright, exuberant blackberries, kirsch and warm blackcurrants scents plus touches of lavender, roses, tilled black loam, wild sage and dark chocolate with wafts of yeast extract, underbrush and crushed rocks. Medium to full-bodied, firm and fine grained, with amazing freshness, it is layered with crunchy black and red fruits, sparked by floral and mineral notions and finishing with epic length and depth. RP
Wine Spectator
Burghound
Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2016
Rating 100 RP
Bottle Size 1500 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country USA
Region California
Location North Coast
Producer Screaming Eagle
Color Red
Production
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    Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
    Vintage 2016
    Rating 100 RP
    Bottle Size 1500 ml
    Bottle Quantity 1
    Country USA
    Region California
    Location North Coast
    Producer Screaming Eagle
    Color Red
    Wine Type Red
    Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
    Vintage 2016
    Rating 100 RP
    Barrels
    Style
    Owners
    Region California
    Location North Coast
    Producer Screaming Eagle
    Winemaker

    Production
    Robert Parker Rating 100 RP - The 2016 Screaming Eagle is, as usual, mainly Cabernet Sauvignon with a little Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps from the glass with bright, exuberant blackberries, kirsch and warm blackcurrants scents plus touches of lavender, roses, tilled black loam, wild sage and dark chocolate with wafts of yeast extract, underbrush and crushed rocks. Medium to full-bodied, firm and fine grained, with amazing freshness, it is layered with crunchy black and red fruits, sparked by floral and mineral notions and finishing with epic length and depth. RP
    Antonio Galloni Rating
    Wine Spectator Rating
    Burghound Rating

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