Screaming Eagle, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 2007

The 2007 Screaming Eagle is wonderfully harmonious and drinkable at this stage, showcasing fabulous scents of cigar box, ripe cherries and cassis. Full-bodied, creamy and lush yet not showing any excess weight, it's a beautiful aged Oakville Cabernet, soft, silky and elegant, with great length on the finish. Given its flawless sense of proportion and balance, it should drink well for at least another decade. Readers who prefer their wines more mature may opt for additional cellaring time, but when a wine is this good it's hard to resist.

Wow, love or loath the style, this is full throttle on the nose and palate with pure fruit and raspberry jam. Black currants and blueberries. Full and flamboyant but then holds back with gorgeous berries and milk chocolate. Wonderful length. Fascinating. Better in 2015. 15+24+24+33. Find the wine

(14.8% alcohol): Dark medium ruby. Captivating violet lift to the aromas of blackberry, cassis and minerals. Wonderfully fine-grained, lightly medicinal wine with terrific inner-mouth definition and energy. The flavors of dark berries, iron and minerals are still tightly coiled yet dance on the palate. This impeccably balanced wine finishes with suave, refined tannins and outstanding mounting length. Really stains the palate and reverberates in the retronasal passages.