Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 750ml Ghemme

Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 750ml GhemmeCritical Acclaim 97 points Wine Advocate, Review Date: 08 2002 The bottled 1999 (a blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc) is as profound as I predicted a year and a half ago. It boasts an opaque purple color along with a gorgeously pure nose of creme de cassis, charcoal, and floral characteristics. The wine is opulent, dense, and rich, with exceptional purity, a viscous texture, and impressive underlying tannin that frames

Pale lemon-yellow with hints of green

which was aged in rich American oak coopered in France (more delicate & yielding more elegant

Medium in body and zippy on the palate

940 acres) of Faugeres planted

Barrel Sample: 88-91 Points

and Europe

About this Wine

with a vineyard portfolio that today exemplifies the beauty and longevity of Napa Valley

100% Chardonnay made in the traditional Méthode Champenoise

and developed aromatics

The Chianti DOCG is the estate’s basic Sangiovese from their property vines that sit just outside the Classico border

but today Portuguese-owned by members of both the Barros and Van zeller families