Screaming Eagle 'The Flight' Napa Valley 2018 NEW YORK and a signature chalk-driven minerality

and a signature chalk-driven minerality shaped by the limestone soils of Vertus

Some vineyards are in the hills - Virailles and Meix Chavaux - and bring freshness and tension

Bruno Anfosso

honeyed with notes of apricot and peach

Screaming Eagle 'The Flight' Napa Valley 2018 NEW YORK and a signature chalk-driven mineralityThe 2018 The Flight is bright and effusive from the outset. A rush of ripe red purplish fruit makes a strong opening statement. Pliant, racy and enveloping, the 2018 offers terrific immediacy, with soft contours and silky tannins adding to its considerable allure. Rose petal, lavender and blood orange infuse the silky, creamy finish with gorgeous layers of nuance. I would give the 2018 a few years to allow the tannins to soften, but it will be hard to