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SCREAMING EAGLE

Screaming Eagle has an unusual and relatively short history for such an iconic wine.

Screaming eagle vinesWhen Jean Phillips, a former real estate agent, bought her own Oakville property just below the Dalla Valle vineyard in 1986, she had no idea that her wine would become one of the world’s finest and most revered. Her determination to make the best wine possible bore a successful result as her 1992 Screaming Eagle was proclaimed to be outstanding, worldwide.

Phillips’ success didn’t come from quantity, but from quality. When she bought the property, only 80 vines were planted but each one was personally tended, ensuring remarkably healthy fruit. When success came along, Phillips decided to build up a team to cope with customers’ expectations.

Yet, her desire to slowly increase production was affected by certain limitations, such as the size of her winery and the barrel-aging cave she had just built – so production levels remained minimal and even today only 500-700 cases are released per year.

Since its creation, Phillip’s vineyard seemed ideal for Cabernet: the soil (rocky), the weather (hot enough to ripen the grape to its optimum, with fresh afternoon breezes) and the drainage are perfectly adapted to this grape variety. These conditions result in concentrated wines that age well for up to 20 years, with soft and polished tannins. With notes of cassis liqueur, liquorice and toast, the 1997 vintage has been described by Robert Parker as a “perfect wine”, showing extraordinary purity and a very long finish.

The estate was sold by Philips in 2006 and, despite another change in ownership in 2009, Screaming Eagle has remained California’s most coveted wine brand. 

Screaming Eagle wines produced:
Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

Top Screaming Eagle wines produced:
2005, 2002, 2001, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1992
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