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Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 75cl

Napa Valley | California | Stati Uniti d'America
CHF 3’891.60
Punteggi dei critici
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
Produttore
Screaming Eagle Winery
Di gran lunga il più conosciuto vino californiano che sia mai stato prodotto … fino ad ora, Screaming Eagle ha origini modeste, da quando Jean Philips, un agente immobiliare, comprò un vigneto di 57 acri ad Oakville nel 1986. Vendeva interamente tutte le uve prodotte ad altre cantine, fatta eccezione per quelle prodotte da un acro (0.40 ha) di Cabernet Sauvignon, da cui voleva fare il suo proprio vino. Heidi Peterson Barret divenne il vinificatore ed il 1992, la prima annata, fu posta sul mercato nel 1996. Fu subito recensito da Robert Parker, che gli attribuì un incredibile punteggio di 99 punti, descrivendolo come “uno dei più grandi Cabernet che io abbia mai assaggiato." Da quel momento in poi, “l’aquila” spiccò il volo. Jean ripiantò i suoi vigneti nello stesso anno (1995) a 3 varietà per produrre l’eccezionale numero di 200 casse per annata (che oggi raggiunge i 600-700 ). Ancora ai nostri tempi, rimane il più costoso vino rosso della California sul mercato secondario. Nonostante gli stili estroversi di altri vini famosi della California, Screaming Eagle resta uno dei più eleganti e bilanciati. Nel 2006, l’azienda fu acquistata da Charles Banks e Stan Kroenke, che hanno poi assunto Michel Rolland come consulente enologo. Charles vendette le sue quote nel 2009, facendo di Stan l’unico proprietario.