At the urging of Robert Mondavi, real estate agent Jean Philips began making wine from the vineyard she had slowly been acquiring since the mid-1980s. With the help of winemaker Heidi Barrett and the know-how of Gustav Dalla Valle, Screaming Eagle eventually made its debut in 1992.
I’m telling you, the wine was an INSTANT hit! It garnered near-perfect scores and set the standard for cult Cabernet in Napa.
A while later, the estate debuted a new label: Second Flight. This wine was modeled after the Bordeaux tradition of a second wine. It’s a wine that often uses the same vineyard sources as the Grand Vin, but the cuvée may be slightly different or might use grapes that didn’t quite fit into the main label.
With Second Flight, the cuvée relies more on Merlot than Cabernet Sauvignon, giving it a character all its own! In fact, it was eventually renamed ‘The Flight’ because it wasn’t anyone’s wingman!
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