2006 Screaming Eagle
United States
Oakville
Napa
Red
Cabernet Sauvignon
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2016 - 2026
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I have had a number of fabulous tastings at Screaming Eagle, but this was one of the most memorable. The biggest news at Screaming Eagle is the release of a second wine, a project that has been in the works for a number of years. Owner Stan Kroenke and his team wanted to make sure their new wine was up to the estate's standards, and have only released the first vintages over the last few years. I tasted all four vintages of Screaming Eagle's second label, Second Flight, next to Screaming Eagle itself, which allowed for a fascinating set of comparisons of both wines across a number of vintages. Like its big brother, Second Flight is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine, but here the Merlot plays a much more significant role. Regardless, what comes through most is the signature of these sites as seen through the lenses of the respective vintages. Readers might also enjoy taking a look at a recent video I shot with Winemaker Nic Gislason during the 2012 harvest that we recently posted on our site.
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"The biggest thing we've done here in the last few years is to lower the yields, especially for the merlot," said winemaker Andy Erickson. "Now it's consistently down to 2-1/2 to 3 tons per acre; in the old days it had been up to twice that." The estate is now using a lot of smaller tanks and Erickson is doing considerably longer fermentations: 14 to 21 days in 2006 and 25 to 35 in 2007. "We were nervous about changing the style in 2006 so we started slowly," he said. Erickson described the generous 2007 vintage as having "explosive fruit: well-balanced and rich, with the classic Screaming Eagle notes of blackberry, cassis and brown sugar." The harvest was considerably earlier than that of the previous year: August 30 through October 9 in 2007 compared to September 15 through October 29 in 2006. Both wines carry alcohol in the high 14s.
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