Harlan Estate

Harlan Estate

The Maiden Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

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Inky in color with a short purple rim.

Full-bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Showing blackberries, cooked cherries, dried fruits, cedar, vanilla, Mediterranean spices, tobacco leaf, light earth, herbs, chocolates and black pepper.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy cherries.

This 15 year old still feels young, but drinking beautifully now. Nicely balanced and powerful, yet elegant.

Needed 5 hours to open up properly, but was good right out of the bottle too.

Rich and extracted. Fruit forward with nice complexity. Showing a great experience at this point.

A great sipping wine that will also pair nicely with a big piece of steak.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

94 points.

$300.
— 7 days ago

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Ron R

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Nice.
Jose Lorenzo

Jose Lorenzo

Beautiful

Harlan Estate

Napa Valley Proprietary Red Blend 2009

15 years barely put a dent in her. Feels like it could age another 50 years with ease — 3 months ago

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Calera Wine Company

Calera Jensen Mt. Harlan Pinot Noir 2015

at peak, subtle and excellent — 6 months ago

The Mascot

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Ron R
9.5

Really enjoying this super third from Harlan. Blueberry cobbler on the nose and palate. Weighty and voluptuous. Loving the regal tannic structure. Clean, long extended finish with pumping acidity.
From Drew’s cellar.
— 10 days ago

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Correcting my assertion that the Mascot is a second wine. In fact The Maiden is the second, so this is the third. My apologies for the error.
Jan A

Jan A

Still gives many first wines a run for their money imho
"Odedi"

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Delicious wine

Calera Wine Company

Selleck Vineyard Pinot Noir 1998

Jeremy Shanker
9.3

‘98 still firing!! — 3 months ago

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Harlan Estate

Oakville Red Blend 2006

Really excellent- huge wine with plenty of black fruit and layers of flavor. Long finish. Compared to the Palmer, it was lacking a bit of complexity and I usually prefer Harlan. Kayla 94 — 5 months ago

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Calera Wine Company

Ryan Vineyard Pinot Noir 2015

Ryan at its peak. lovely wine that exhibits a balance rarely found. glad I held this one until now. — 2 months ago

Calera Wine Company

Mount Harlan Vineyard Chardonnay 2019

don’t know of a better Chardonnay from CA. super balanced. — 2 months ago

Calera Wine Company

Reed Vineyard Pinot Noir 2003

Maybe a bit too old but nevertheless a delicious experience - caramelised notes, dried cherry, figs, spices and vanilla. Smooth and full bodied albeit lacking some acidity. Finish filled with dried mushrooms and chicken stock — 4 months ago

Jones Family Vineyard

The Sisters Cabernet Sauvignon 2003

Somm David T
9.7

I would invite you to find a bottle like this older & well stored 03, “The Sisters. “I would enjoy tasting this blind w/ Napa Cult wines & lovers. Then, watch their eyes open wide when I pulled off the brown bag. Many would call Colgin, Scarecrow, Harlan, Bond & the like etc.. I recently paid $50 for this 2003 at auction. That includes tax & auction fees. For vintage, they would call 10, 13 or 14. This is still youthful. Beautiful M+ somewhat rounded tannins, fruit buffet w/ dark pronounced spice. This has ten years plus left.

The palate is round, plush, phat fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, plum, dark cherries, strawberries, purple fruits with blueberries. Dark, well pronounced spice, soft baking spices, sweet graphite, soft, fresh, tobacco notes, used leather warm, gray clay, river-stone, mocha, caramel notes, dry crushed rock, limestone marl, some dry top soil, dark, purple red fresh & withering florals, excellent, round acidity and a well made, balanced, beautifully structured and elegant finish that lasts minutes falling on elegant earth & spice.

TRB made wine. Stunning!!!!
— 6 months ago

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