I have the latest Decanter issue in my hands, and they feature this ultra-rare winery in Napa - Screaming Eagle. They claim they make 500-800 cases a year of a Cab blend with only the finest grapes (and all others are simply thrown away), so sought after that auctions have fetched up to $500K for a 6-lt bottle. Fine and Rare in London have 30 bottles of a variety of vintages, each one averaging about 1,000 pounds, no one's tasted it. When a new vintage is released, customers are restricted to three bottles (@ ~$750/bottle), and they tend to drink one, cellar the second and sell the third. No real pictures of the property so as to not be located, no entrance signs, no one allowed to visit except by invitation. It all started with the 1992 vintage, reviewed in 1995 by Parker who gave it a perfect 100, and they only produced 200 cases. Sold a few years ago, but still makes presumably perfect wines.
Anyone ever try their wine? What's up with this winery? Since the closest I'll come to seeing this bottle is the magazine cover, at least I can report that it sits next to a 2009 Chateau D'Aiguilhe in the picture, and that I have had and it's impressive...
Anyone ever try their wine? What's up with this winery? Since the closest I'll come to seeing this bottle is the magazine cover, at least I can report that it sits next to a 2009 Chateau D'Aiguilhe in the picture, and that I have had and it's impressive...