2016 Screaming Eagle, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley, California, USA

As usual, the 2016 Screaming Eagle is mainly Cabernet Sauvignon with a little Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple coloured, 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.Drink 2022 - 2065Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Jr. Wine Advocate (May 2019)

Wow – this is a baby and has some creamy notes on the nose. There is such minerality here, and besides that graphite and pepper with tequila. This clearly has oak that needs to integrate. The palate has wonderful tension, and the oak is still present, but behind it, you can see that all the elements are in check. The acidity is perfectly judged and balances the mineral-laden fruit core. Long, young and very expressive indeed.Drink 2025 - 2040Alistair Cooper MW, JancisRobinson.com (February 2020)

Deep ruby in colour, with a youthful, precise nose of pure, ripe cassis fruit, subtle, integral cedar oak and fresh earth minerality. Some toasted spice adds a degree of complexity to the wine’s first flush of youth. The subtlety and integration of the nose is surpassed by the finesse of its medium-full body and fresh, bright, lively palate. Touches of tobacco and cocoa combine with some dusty mineral notes and a lovely depth of fruit, enveloping the firm but ripe cocoa-powder tannins. An elegantly integral, mellifluous finish with fantastic length.Drink 2022 - 2047Tim Jackson MW, Decanter.com (October 2018)