Hmmm, haven't gotten my offer yet.

(just joking, of course)

Oh man. On the fence. Does she or doesn't she? 1500 smackalulas.

The good news: Limit one.

they should start doing 2 bottle allocations so I get to purchase 1 haha. Ricky + David, of the S.E.'s you've drank, what did you think compared to other great CA cabs?

huda....funny thing is that i have not tried one yet   i been on the list since 02' vintage and yet to open one

i did come close to openning one on last new years eve after going thru 20+ bottles!  thank god someone was sober enough to stop me

That someone sure loves you!! What are you doing this NYE?

really!  i had corkscrew in one hand and bottle of 03' screaming eagle in the other.  actually two guys stop me and my wife was just shaking her head.....this was around 3am

If you can remember it, then you couldn't have been that drunk....

I've had a grand total of two Screagles to date...both 1998. The first was at davidn's provided by David and it was good and the second was about a year later provided by GigondAss and it was d@mn good. Speaks well considering both were from a weak vintage. FWIW.

Ricky, I so want to party with you!  It's good to know that I'm not the only one that does that.  But I've never done that with SE.

I bought my 3 pack.

I've had several bottles.  I've run through my 1997s;  one was bad, one good and one fantastic.  This vintage is the only vintage that WA gave 100 to.

I've also had some of the 1998 and it was probably around what Parker rated it; 94 points.

I don't mind drinking that expensive a bottle if it is a special occasion.  I don't everyday but it isn't that unusual to pay $300 for a wine at a restaurant.  I do think twice about the new $500 price though.

To flip or not to flip?  That is the question. Â

How much would you pay for a two ounce pour of the 2001?  You get a little more than 11 two ounce pours out of a bottle.

It's tough to say. Getting a free 100% guaranteed return on S.E. is nice but it's definitely a cool wine to share with friends because not many people get to try it. I can see how people would want to pay $100 per two oz pour to get a taste of the eagle.

As for me, if you charge $50 for a 1oz pour and let me hold the bottle, I'm coming over! Wait, how small is a 1 oz pour? Will it evaporate before it reaches my tongue?

I bought a 3-pack.

I'm gonna bite too.

does anyone get offer more than 3pac? anyone get offer for mag?

Under the previous administration the only way one could get a mag was at a charity auction (other than the one that "won" the auction flipping it).

In a year with a large harvest quite often after the vintner's deadline for getting back the allocations and there is still some allocations unclaimed there will be a second offering. I got six bottles of the 2001.

At the Taste of Howell Mountain event last year I had bid $2000 on a 2001 and I swear the auctioneer was lowering the hammer when some jerk in the seat immediately in back of me raised his hand and jumped in with a first bid of IIRC $4000. Man, was I deflated! So close! At 2g it would have been a steal. It's the smaller events like this there is a much better chance of picking up a "bargain" than those where they fly in whales.

3 pack here