Screaming Eagle The Flight 2015

Screaming Eagle The Flight 2015

rich fruit and high tannin

It is reminiscent of a cross between the 1947 Cheval Blanc and the 1947 Petrus

The Château Coutet 2001 Cuvée Madame was picked on October 10 and contains 208 grams per liter of residual sugar

This up and coming producer is making 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Lamb Vineyard on Howell Mountain

The mouth feel is dense

cool and beautifully spicy aromas of secondary red currant aromas that exhibit a discreet whiff of sous-bois

Dense ruby/purple in color

The Méo style of emphasizing a blend of power and finesse works extremely well in a vintage like 1990 and this is wonderfully expressive with its seductive blend of secondary fruit

The intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors are even more refined if perhaps not quite as mineral-driven while delivering superb length on the balanced but markedly austere finish where a touch of cherry pit emerges

A classic Champagne of elegance and poise

This is aromatically riper than the Chambertin though that is not especially surprising

There is notably more volume and mid-palate concentration to the relatively supple medium weight plus flavors that tighten up noticeably on the dusty