2011 Screaming Eagle
United States
Oakville
Napa
Red
75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12.5% Merlot, 12.5% Cabernet Franc
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2017 - 2031
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This is a thrilling set of wines from Screaming Eagle. The 2011s are just as beautiful from bottle as they were from barrel, while the 2012s point to another magnificent vintage. Ultimately it all comes down to the dirt, and this is one of the most magical sites in Napa Valley. In particular, this year I was taken with the quality of the Merlot-based Second Flight, a wine that seems destined to become a second flagship from the property. In 2011 winemaker Nic Gislason toned down the new oak in response to the mid-weight style of the year, one of many choices he made in nailing the vintage. The 2012s are more radiant wines built on a classic sense of Napa Valley richness. Gislason shares his thoughts on recent vintages in this video interview.
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Estate manager Armand de Maigret was quick to point out that Screaming Eagle's second wine, Second Flight, was a lot more than simply wine that did not make the estate's flagship bottling.On the contrary, it's purposely a merlot-based bottling, and plenty of the estate's merlot and cabernet franc doesn't even make it into this wine (it's declassified and sold off).The merlot-based Second Flight, Maigret added, tends to "fall asleep about two years after the bottling and stay asleep longer than the cabernet."So the 2008 and 2009 Second Flight are dumb today, while the 2008 Screaming Eagle is starting to wake up.But the 2010 Second Flight is still beautiful, and the 2006 is showing well, said Maigret.Recent vintages have all been serious outperformers.According to winemaker Nick Gislason, pHs are similar in 2011 and 2012."They were like normal in 2011 due to the long hang time here," he said.He bottled the 2011 in December of 2013--four months later than usual--"because the wine's middle palate kept filling in."
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2019 - 2031
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Screaming Eagle is often one of the most seductive wine in Napa Valley, but in 2010 and 2011 the wines are darker and more powerful than normal. In 2011 winemaker Nick Gislason opted for higher percentages of Merlot and Cabernet Franc in Second Flight and Screaming Eagle respectively, in order to complement the Cabernet Sauvignon, which was the most difficult variety to deal with that year. Deleafing and opening of the canopy took place only at the very end of the season, while fermentations were pretty normal. As for the 2010s, they showed as brilliantly from bottle as they did from barrel. Readers who want to glean some insights on the 2013 vintage may want to view this short video with Gislason shot at the the tail end of the harvest.
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