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Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville 2020

2020 was a difficult year in Napa Valley. The weather made life hard for the growers.

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What to expect

The Glass and LNU fires; smoke taint led several cult estates to release no wine from the vintage. Wines from years like this are lighter and scarcer, and are generally best drunk early.

27 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
Difficult
Last sold at auction for
$2,000a bottle · Christie's, May 2026
How hard to find
Rare6 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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What bottles sell for

At auction, standard bottles of this vintage have sold for between $2,000 and $2,917 each, across 13 sales since June 2023.

Every sale on record17 lots, each linked to the auction house
$1,750$2,000$2,250$2,500$2,750$3,000202420252026USD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-06-13 · $2,708USD per 75 cl bottle · 2023-09-13 · $2,917USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-04-09 · $2,292USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-04-09 · $2,500USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-06-12 · $2,292USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-06-12 · $2,292USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-07-23 · $2,292USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-07-23 · $2,292USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-02-26 · $2,000USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-02-26 · $2,083USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-23 · $2,000USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-11-05 · $2,000USD per 75 cl bottle · 2026-05-14 · $2,000USD per bottle: lot price ÷ bottles in the lotSale date13 lots of 75 cl bottles sold in USD at Christie's · prices as published by each house
Sale dateHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
May 2026Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Los Angeles Edition (sale 24553) · Los Angeles · lot 4113 × 75 cl$6,000$2,000
Nov 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online Featuring The Sierra Cellar (sale 23961) · Los Angeles · lot 6043 × 75 cl$6,000$2,000
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 3471 × 75 cl$2,000$2,000
Feb 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23748) · Los Angeles · lot 4241 × 150 cl$4,375$4,375
Feb 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23748) · Los Angeles · lot 4231 × 150 cl$4,000$4,000
Feb 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23748) · Los Angeles · lot 4223 × 75 cl$6,250$2,083
Feb 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23748) · Los Angeles · lot 4213 × 75 cl$6,000$2,000
Jul 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23095) · Los Angeles · lot 1963 × 75 cl$6,875$2,292
Jul 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23095) · Los Angeles · lot 1953 × 75 cl$6,875$2,292
Jun 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring The Landmark Cellar (sale 23089) · Los Angeles · lot 4383 × 75 cl$6,875$2,292
Jun 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring The Landmark Cellar (sale 23089) · Los Angeles · lot 1473 × 75 cl$6,875$2,292
Apr 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Exceptional Madeira Collections (sale 23087) · Los Angeles · lot 2763 × 75 cl$7,500$2,500
Apr 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring Exceptional Madeira Collections (sale 23087) · Los Angeles · lot 2753 × 75 cl$6,875$2,292
Sep 2023Christie'sCalifornia Only Online: Featuring A Private Library Collection of Screaming Eagle and Other Napa Classics (sale 22848) · Los Angeles · lot 481 × 150 cl$5,625$5,625
Sep 2023Christie'sCalifornia Only Online: Featuring A Private Library Collection of Screaming Eagle and Other Napa Classics (sale 22848) · Los Angeles · lot 473 × 75 cl$8,750$2,917
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 2851 × 150 cl$5,625$5,625
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 2843 × 75 cl$8,125$2,708
 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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