2019 Screaming Eagle "The Flight" | Oakville Napa Valley California 750ml

Extremely floral and aromatic with violets and lavender throughout. Black olives, too. It's medium-to-full-bodied with firm, very fine-grained tannins that run the length of the wine. Goes on for minutes. A greenish undertone comes out at the end with some spearmint, green tea, and green olive. About two-thirds merlot. Best after 2028, but already stunning. | 99 points, James Suckling

The 2019 "The Flight", the estate's Merlot-based wine, is dark, powerful and brooding in demeanor, almost shockingly so. The natural concentration of a year with low yields and small berries is very evident. A rush of black cherry, plum, graphite, lavender, and blue/purplish fruit builds as this virile, explosive wine shows off its arresting beauty. In one word, impressive. | 97 points, Vinous