2012 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml

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2012 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml

Located in New York

$3,895.00

SKU 123389 Categories ,
JD100
JS100
WA100
ST98
VM97
WS97

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Color/Type
Red
Producer
Screaming Eagle
Style
Varietal/Spirit
Cabernet Sauvignon
Country
United States
Pairings
Vintage
2012
Region/Category
California
Subregion
Napa Valley
Size
750ml
JK        WS 97       BH        ST 98       WA 100       AG        JR        JG        VINOUS        IWC        RJ       
Reviews & Scores
This shows a very compact palate with superb complexity and precision with aromas and flavors ranging from blackberries and black truffles to black tea and wet earth. It’s full-bodied and finely grained with a light, woody complexity underneath it all. Extremely long and persistent on the palate. 
JS100July 2019
Another perfect wine is the 2012 Screaming Eagle which checks in as 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc. While just as good as the 2013, it’s made in a very different style and has a lush, opulent, sexy profile as well as the hallmark crème de cassis, white flowers, graphite and spice.
JD100December 2017
A seamless, graceful, ebullient effort that's pure, even exotic, with dusty blackberry and wild berry flavors at the center. Though the fruit is broad and expressive, this is amazingly refined, supple and persistent overall. *Collectibles* 
WS97October 2015
The 2012 Screaming Eagle is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine. Ripe, flamboyant and opulent to the core, the 2012 races across the palate with stunning depth and pure texture. The flavors are dark, bold and expressive. This is one of the darker, more powerful 2012s readers will come across. Because of the long, temperate growing season, winemaker Nic Gislason opted to wait until mid-October to harvest, very late by the estate's historical standards. Estate Manager Armand de Maigret told me the 2012 reminds him of the 2007. I don't quite see that parallel, but it will be interesting to taste both vintages from bottle in a few years to find out. 
VM97December 2014
 Bright medium ruby. Very deep aromas of blueberry, flowers, licorice and wild herbs show a medicinal reserve. Thick but vibrant, with deep, fully ripe, layered flavors of blackberry and blueberry syrup and graphite minerality dominating the middle palate. Offers compelling sappiness and definition. Noble tannins spread out to saturate the entire palate on the inexorable, steadily building finish. Still an infant but utterly seamless from the outset.
ST98June 2014
The perfect 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Screaming Eagle is composed of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc. 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.
WA100

Additional information

Weight 4 lbs
Dimensions 6 × 6 × 16 in
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Rating WA

100
Rating ST

98
Rating WS

97
Rating VM

97
Best Score

100

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