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Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 1996

1996 was a very good year in Napa Valley: reliable and well liked.

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What to expect

Expect a good, dependable wine, often ready a little sooner than the greatest years.

11 of the 29 years we cover for this wine were rated higher.

A glass of dark red wine on a winery terrace above vineyards and golden hills at sunset
The year
Very Good
Last sold at auction for
$2,500a bottle · Christie's, Jan 2026
How hard to find
Rare30 years old

Other vintages of this wine

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

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ExceptionalExcellentVery goodGoodMixedDifficult

What bottles sell for

At auction, standard bottles of this vintage have sold for between $2,500 and $5,000 each, across 6 sales since February 2022.

Every sale on record6 lots, each linked to the auction house
$2,000$3,000$4,000$5,0002023202420252026USD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-02-01 · $5,000USD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-12-13 · $3,542USD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-06-13 · $3,500USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-23 · $2,708USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-06-14 · $2,500USD per 75 cl bottle · 2026-01-27 · $2,500USD per bottle: lot price ÷ bottles in the lotSale date6 lots of 75 cl bottles sold in USD at Christie's · prices as published by each house
Sale dateHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Jan 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Featuring a Library Collection of Screaming Eagle: New York Edition Online (sale 24219) · New York · lot 1792 × 75 cl$5,000$2,500
Jun 2025Christie'sThe Cellar of William I. Koch: The Great American Collector Day III (sale 24202) · New York · lot 14463 × 75 cl$7,500$2,500
Apr 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Cellar of a Southwestern Collector and the Final Offering from the Collection of Ben Ichinose (sale 23749) · Los Angeles · lot 3453 × 75 cl$8,125$2,708
Jun 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Time Capsule Collection of Undisturbed Legends of the Côte d'Or (sale 22064) · Los Angeles · lot 2731 × 75 cl$3,500$3,500
Dec 2022Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 20971) · Los Angeles · lot 5813 × 75 cl$10,625$3,542
Feb 2022Christie'sFine & Rare Wines Including Two Outstanding Private Collections (sale 21177) · Los Angeles · lot 2563 × 75 cl$15,000$5,000
 Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $26–$80 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $26 to $80 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

Low estimateImputed land cost: $3.82Vineyard operations: $5.79Oak barrels: $0.69Winemaking labour and cellar work: $3.00Cellar aging: $1.28Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $5.40Winery overhead: $4.00Financing over the aging period: $1.53$26 per bottleHigh estimateImputed land cost: $16.44Vineyard operations: $18.46Oak barrels: $1.67Winemaking labour and cellar work: $6.00Cellar aging: $3.20Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $14.40Winery overhead: $10.00Financing over the aging period: $9.82$80 per bottleImputed land costVineyard operationsOak barrelsWinemaking labour and cellar workCellar agingBottle, closure, label, case and bottlingWinery overheadFinancing over the aging periodUS$ per 75 cl bottle at the winery, before any margin, tax or transport · Corkonomics cost model

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