Nose: dense. Lemon flower. Dense minerals
As this opens penetrating perfect lemon. Like ride of the Valkyries. Im screaming with pleasure.
Palate: super dense. Dense minerals. Rich. Lemon. Damn. Delicious. As this opens a roundness. That Corton richness.
Brando: The density. The density.
Terrific length
Fass selections. โ 5 months ago
Really crisp and delicious- had at Trio while at beach with a salad. โ 7 months ago
Entry level Keller. Dry with screaming acidity. โ 7 months ago
One of my favorite Chablis producers. Classic Chablis: Lemon zest, oyster shell, hint of salinity with screaming acid. So good. โ 3 years ago
Screaming Eagle The Flight 2017 - junior version. Excellent with air. โ 5 months ago
2014, Screaming Eagle 2nd Label is a treat for sure. Color is a semi murky garnet purple. Nose - dark fruits, meaty, herbaceous menthol with floral notes, truffle, and a subtle vanilla kick at the end. Taste - black cherry and plum dominate. Concentrated and well structured, smooth and mouth coating giving it its elegant appeal. Secondary notes of mocha java, black pepper and a cedar graphite adding to its medium plus finish. โ 6 months ago
A perfect wine? Perhaps. Not many Napa wines can have this kind of horsepower at 19 years old (I was always told Napa wines fall apart after 15 years). Iโve never had Screaming Eagle or Grace Family or any of the new โpremier cruโ wines. What I will say, though, is that I have a hard time imagining a wine being better than this. Plush, with a solid core. Very little fade. Let it breathe, but it was drinkable right out of the bottle, rich with refined tannins, so much fruit, so much pleasure. The oak is now seamless with the wine, not an addition, but a part of it. If you had told me this was a more recent vintage, I would have believed you. This was Cosentinoโs top of the line and what a top it was. Age has allowed for more complexity (I did taste this when it was newly bottled) and development, but this is a young wine, still. Nothing out of place. It is one of the best wines Iโve ever tasted. Quintessential Napa, the best the valley has to offer. I forget the story of โthe secret cloneโ but knowing what all the steps are in making great wine, having this clone was just one of the many right choices in making this. This one may outlive me. It is in its prime with no end in sight. Perfect? Iโm not sure. But Iโve not had better. โ 8 months ago
Eric Zimmerman
drinks above price point former screaming eagle vintner โ a month ago