SCREAMING EAGLE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2012 (1) WA 100 JS 100
SCREAMING EAGLE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2012
NAPA VALLEY.
THE PERFECT 2012 CABERNET SAUVIGNON SCREAMING EAGLE IS COMPOSED OF 79% CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 17% MERLOT AND 4% CABERNET FRANC. MADE IN THE CLASSIC, ICONIC SCREAMING EAGLE STYLE THAT THE ORIGINAL PROPRIETRESS, JEAN PHILIPPS, FIRST SHOWCASED IN THE EARLY 1990S, BEFORE THE WINERY WAS SOLD TO STAN KROENKE, THE INKY/PURPLE-COLORED, SEAMLESS 2012 POSSESSES AN EXTRAORDINARY SET OF AROMATICS CONSISTING OF PURE BLACKCURRANT LIQUEUR, LICORICE, ACACIA FLOWERS, GRAPHITE AND A SUBTLE HINT OF NEW OAK. FULL-BODIED, OPULENT AND VOLUPTUOUS, THIS PROFOUND WINE IS AS PRODIGIOUS AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LAST YEAR WHEN TASTED FROM BARREL. IT SHOULD AGE EFFORTLESSLY FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS. OCTOBER 2014 DRINK: 2014-2034 ONLY 820 CASES PRODUCED. WA 100 JS 100
1 BT. PER LOT $3,500 - $4,000
November 27, 2018
Estimate $3,500-$4,000
Realised: $4,320
Sold only by strict allocation – one of the great Cult Cali Classics.
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