Just popped into mailbox.
Dear Mike,
The 2018 vintage of The Flight is formidable: it combines power, elegance, finesse, and longevity in what may be the truest expression of merlot in Screaming Eagle’s history.
Before it is a wine, Screaming Eagle is a vineyard – a breathtaking, sweeping swath of vines composed of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, and cabernet franc. Like our winemaking, our farming is intuitive; there is no prescription for what constitutes The Flight in any given year, other than that the heart of the blend is naturally dominated by the best parcels of old-vine merlot.
The beauty of growing and making wine instinctually is that it allows one to see vintage purely reflected in the bottle, and this has been especially true of The Flight in recent vintages. The 2018 captures the quintessential elegance that only the world’s greatest merlot exhibits: complex layers of spice and red fruit, a perfect balance of power and freshness, fine tannins, and a texture reminiscent of satin.
As always, production is very limited. Acquire the wine now by clicking the Secure Allocation button below and enjoy these bottles as they unfold over the next decade and beyond.