2016 Screaming Eagle, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, Case of 3 Btls

Screaming Eagle is widely considered the original Napa Valley cult wine, a tiny Oakville estate producing only a few hundred cases a year, sold almost entirely through a mailing list that has been closed to new members for decades.

What reaches the open market is scarce by design, and the 2016 vintage is one of the most decorated releases in the estate's history.

2016 is remembered as one of Napa's truly great modern vintages, a year that combined remarkable balance with real structure, producing wines of tremendous energy and harmony that didn't need to lean on raw power to impress.

Screaming Eagle's 2016 captured that vintage perfectly, earning a rare triple 100-point sweep from Wine Advocate, Antonio Galloni and James Suckling, a level of unanimous acclaim even Screaming Eagle rarely achieves. Critics have noted the wine is already singing in its youth, though its full potential still lies several years ahead.

This is offered in its original 3-pack wooden case, the best way to buy a wine this scarce and sought after.

Wine Advocate | 100 Points

"The 2016 Screaming Eagle is, as usual, mainly Cabernet Sauvignon with a little Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps from the glass with bright, exuberant blackberries, kirsch and warm blackcurrants scents plus touches of lavender, roses, tilled black loam, wild sage and dark chocolate with wafts of yeast extract, underbrush and crushed rocks. Medium to full-bodied, firm and fine grained, with amazing freshness, it is layered with crunchy black and red fruits, sparked by floral and mineral notions and finishing with epic length and depth."

Antonio Galloni | 100 Points

"The 2016 Screaming Eagle is a positively stunning wine. An intense bouquet gives way to a wine of explosive energy and huge textural depth. Graphite, crushed rocks, menthol, sage and dark spice open up gradually in this reticent, brooding Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2016 is a towering, statuesque wine of the very highest level. That is the good news. The slightly less good news is that it will need a number of years in bottle to be at its very best. I wouldn't dream of touching a bottle anytime soon. The 2016 literally does scream, with tons of varietal Cabernet aromatics, flavors and structural drive. In a word: magnificent!"

James Suckling | 100 Points

"The subtle and nuanced aromas to this are so enticing with perfumed, floral, blackcurrant and blackberry character. Roses, too. Some lavender. Full-bodied yet so refined and polished with the most transparent and polished texture. Firm and seamless. So beautiful now. Give it three or four years to come around, but this already sings."