Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
Big Steaks, Bigger Cellar, No Apologies
Dallas · Dallas · American Steakhouse
Reviewed April 9, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at Del Frisco's Double Eagle lands on your table like a small novel — 800 to 1,200 selections deep, organized with the kind of seriousness that tells you this place actually means it. California and Bordeaux dominate, which is exactly what you'd expect from a white-tablecloth steakhouse in Dallas, and exactly what you want when you're staring down a bone-in ribeye. This is not a list for the timid.
Selection Deep Dive
The backbone here is California Cabernet — Caymus, Silver Oak, Stag's Leap, Jordan, Kosta Browne, and the heavy hitters like Opus One and Screaming Eagle all show up, which earns instant credibility in a town that runs on big reds. Bordeaux is equally serious, with Château Margaux, Château Latour, Château Pétrus, and Château Lafite Rothschild representing the kind of depth that justifies the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence this list has held since 2017. Italy gets a proper seat at the table too — Sassicaia and Tignanello ensure the Super Tuscans aren't an afterthought. Champagne rounds things out with Dom Pérignon and Veuve Clicquot anchoring the celebratory end of the spectrum.
By the Glass
With 20 to 35 pours available by the glass and prices running $14 to $60, the BTG program is genuinely one of the better reasons to come here on a weeknight. Wednesday's half-price wine night is the real secret weapon — quality glass pours at half the ticket means you can drink significantly better than the price suggests. The rotation appears active enough to keep regulars engaged rather than bored.
Dom Pérignon Vintage 2015 — $325
At a restaurant of this caliber, Dom Pérignon 2015 at $325 is the move for a celebration bottle — the 2015 vintage is legitimately excellent, and compared to the five-figure Burgundy and Bordeaux options flanking it on this list, it almost feels responsible.
Sassicaia 2020
Most tables at a Dallas steakhouse are laser-focused on California Cab, which means the Sassicaia 2020 at $450 gets overlooked constantly. It's a world-class Super Tuscan with the structure and grip to go head-to-head with any ribeye on this menu — and it's one of the more distinctive bottles you can pull from a list that skews heavily American.
Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
At $4,500 a bottle, Screaming Eagle is a status order, not a wine order. Without retail comparisons available, it's hard to quantify the exact markup, but this is a bottle you're buying to impress the table — not because it's the best value in the cellar. There are extraordinary wines on this list for a fraction of the price.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon + Bone-in Ribeye
Stag's Leap built its reputation on elegance and structure — less bombastic than Caymus, with more finesse and a cleaner finish. Against the fat and char of a bone-in ribeye, that precision cuts through without fighting the meat. It's the pairing that makes both the wine and the steak taste better than either would alone.
Wednesday — Half-price wine night every Wednesday — applies to bottle selections and makes an already serious list significantly more accessible.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Del Frisco's Double Eagle is the kind of steakhouse wine program that earns its reputation the hard way — with depth, with seriousness, and with a sommelier who actually shows up. The markups are steep across the board, but Wednesday half-price wine night partially redeems that, and the sheer breadth of the list means you can find something genuinely worth drinking at almost any budget above 'casual Tuesday.'
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