Where is screaming eagle winery

Sign in. Skip to content Skip to navigation. Screaming Eagle. Available for delivery or collection. Pricing includes duty and VAT. Available by the case In Bond. Pricing excludes duty and VAT , which must be paid separately before delivery. Find out more. Duty and VAT must be paid separately before delivery can take place. They naturally mow the cover crops and return nutrients to the soils through their droppings.

This is a strikingly naturalistic approach in a region often more associated with blockbuster wines and gilded wineries. But then, everything at Screaming Eagle is more nuanced than its reputation suggests. The vineyard is divided into 50 distinct blocks. More than half is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon; the remainder is an even split between Cab Franc and Merlot.

Each of the blocks is farmed according to the specific characteristics and needs of that section — and that complexity of soils yields a distinctive signature. At harvest, the individual blocks are picked and vinified separately. The method of vinification also varies, with the cellar housing tanks of stainless steel, oak and concrete, and the different vessels serving the unique characteristics of a particular block.

Oak seems to do well to help manage and round out the fruit tannin in some Cabernet. How different blocks interact can be magic. Today, it is still primarily the same blocks favoured by Phillips that form the heart of the wines. While the team makes wine from the younger vine blocks every year, so far none has made it into the final blend for either wine. Ultimately, only a quarter to a third of the vineyard makes it into the bottle.

The remainder, as they put it, disappears. The ultimate goal of such rigour? Many assume Screaming Eagle is also a wine of such size. But outside the winery, few have actually tasted it. Most of the wines go to collectors, many of whom are more likely to sell their allocation than drink it.

When I taste them, it is their elegance that strikes me. They are ageworthy wines, more classic Bordeaux than modern Napa, yet still with the perfumed nose and mineral line that speaks of Oakville. The Merlot has surprising and pleasing structure and poise.

The Cabernet is impressively layered, fine-boned and full of presence. Like any fine wine, some vintages need more time in bottle than others.

The winery also makes about 50 cases of a Sauvignon Blanc that, when I taste, I find full of vibrancy and flavour.

Bottles of Screaming Eagle on the secondary market sell quickly at more than twice their release price. With age they go for even more. Like fine art, at a certain point the cost of fine wine surpasses normal human standards of measure. And there are many out there who want it very badly indeed. Get access to all our back issues via our free digital archive — and enjoy the best rate on a magazine subscription. Previous Story. Next Story. That this deep-pocketed bidder was willing to spend half a million dollars for an 8-year-old Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon demonstrated the significance of the label — and its category.

Founded in by former real estate agent Jean Phillips, Screaming Eagle epitomizes low-production, exclusive Napa winemaking. From its whiz-kid winemaker to a decades-long waiting list, here are eight things you need to know about Screaming Eagle.

With just 57 acres of vineyards, and an annual production of around cases, Screaming Eagle is the kind of producer that almost all enthusiasts have heard of, but very few get to try. Screaming Eagle received almost instantaneous fame after Napa-Cab-loving wine critic Robert Parker gave its first vintage a near-perfect 99 out of rating.