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Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 75cl

Napa Valley | Californie | États-Unis
CHF 3’891.60
Évaluations et Scores
98 Robert Parker
This 2003 was showing spectacularly well, and based on my recollection, I think I may have liked it even more than the 2002, which is the reverse of how I felt a decade ago. One of the biggest (14.6% alcohol) wines made by Screaming Eagle during this period, it boasts an opaque ruby/purple color as well as classic, pure, creme de cassis, cedarwood and hints of Asian soy sauce and forest floor notes. The multidimensional aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, silky-textured, opulent, rich, atypically big wine that is impeccably well-balanced. It is just starting to come into its own. Four to five more years in the cellar will prove magical, and this 2003 is one of the candidates for the wine of the vintage. It should last another 20+ years.
98 Robert Parker
This 2003 was showing spectacularly well, and based on my recollection, I think I may have liked it even more than the 2002, which is the reverse of how I felt a decade ago. One of the biggest (14.6% alcohol) wines made by Screaming Eagle during this period, it boasts an opaque ruby/purple color as well as classic, pure, creme de cassis, cedarwood and hints of Asian soy sauce and forest floor notes. The multidimensional aromatics are followed by a full-bodied, silky-textured, opulent, rich, atypically big wine that is impeccably well-balanced. It is just starting to come into its own. Four to five more years in the cellar will prove magical, and this 2003 is one of the candidates for the wine of the vintage. It should last another 20+ years.
88 Wine Spectator
Elegant, supple and balanced, with red currant, anise, plum and cedary oak flavors. Clean and refreshing, with supple herb and berry fruit. A classy effort that comes up shy on complexity. Drink now through 2012. 650 cases made. ?JL
88 Wine Spectator
Elegant, supple and balanced, with red currant, anise, plum and cedary oak flavors. Clean and refreshing, with supple herb and berry fruit. A classy effort that comes up shy on complexity. Drink now through 2012. 650 cases made. ?JL
Producteur
Screaming Eagle Winery
Il est de très loin le vin culte le plus réputé jamais produit en Californie, du moins jusqu’à présent. Pourtant Screaming Eagle est né dans des conditions modestes. Ancien agent immobilier, Jean Philipps a fait l’acquisition d’un vignoble de 57 acres à Oakland en 1986. Elle revendait l’intégralité des raisins à des caves de vinification, sauf du cabernet-sauvignon provenant d’une parcelle de 1 acre (0,40 hectare) qu’elle a conservé pour élaborer son propre vin. Heidi Peterson Barret s’est chargée de la vinification et le premier millésime mis sur le marché, le 1992, est sorti en 1995. La réaction de Robert Parker ne s’est pas fait attendre : le qualifiant de « l’un des meilleurs jeunes cabernets » qu’il ait jamais dégustés, d’où sa note phénoménale de 99/100. Depuis lors, « l’aigle » a pris son envol. Jean a replanté le vignoble la même année, y installant un trio de cépages pour porter la production annuelle à 500 caisses, volume considérable, passé depuis à 600-700. Screaming Eagle reste le vin rouge californien le plus cher sur le marché secondaire. Certes, il existe d’autres vins californiens culte au style extraverti, mais celui-ci reste l’un des plus élégants et des plus équilibrés. En 2006, le domaine a été repris par Charles Banks et Stan Kroenke qui ont fait appel à Michel Rolland pour ses qualités d’œnologue conseil. Stan est actuellement l’unique propriétaire, Charles ayant cédé ses parts en 2009.