Harlan Estate
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
We all know that the 2013 Napa vintage was excellent and this is a fine example of that.
The nose shows; a dark currant core, blackberries, dark, cherries, black raspberries and blueberries, dark, red, blue perfumed florals, settlement, moist clay, softly and layered baking spices.
The palate shows; gently polished, velvety, dusty, round, soft tannins. Gorgeous & perfectly ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries & both plums. baking soda, cinnamon, clove, vanillin, soft, leather, cedar notes, tobacco w/ ash, dry soils, beautiful, blue, dark, red florals framed in violets, grand acidity, wire to wire perfectly well balanced w/even tension/structure, excellently knitted structure and a long two-minute finish and long sets on beautiful, soft earthiness.
If there is one thing I learned tasting 6 Harlan’s is Bob Levy is one of the very best, if not thee best at managing Cabernet/Bordeaux blend tannins.
Tasting with Winemaker- Bob Levy & Managing Director-Don Weaver.
We all know that the 2013 Napa vintage was excellent and this is a fine example of that.
The nose shows; a dark currant core, blackberries, dark, cherries, black raspberries and blueberries, dark, red, blue perfumed florals, settlement, moist clay, softly and layered baking spices.
The palate shows; gently polished, velvety, dusty, round, soft tannins. Gorgeous & perfectly ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries & both plums. baking soda, cinnamon, clove, vanillin, soft, leather, cedar notes, tobacco w/ ash, dry soils, beautiful, blue, dark, red florals framed in violets, grand acidity, wire to wire perfectly well balanced w/even tension/structure, excellently knitted structure and a long two-minute finish and long sets on beautiful, soft earthiness.
If there is one thing I learned tasting 6 Harlan’s is Bob Levy is one of the very best, if not thee best at managing Cabernet/Bordeaux blend tannins.
Tasting with Winemaker- Bob Levy & Managing Director-Don Weaver.
Big, bad Napa beauty. Still tightly wound and too young.
Big, bad Napa beauty. Still tightly wound and too young.
May 9th, 2019
Intense ripe dark black fruit with some red fruit, sweet morello cherries, cigar box, graphite and some savory notes. Powerful robust wine with velvet silky texture, grippy tannins and bright acidity with a long dry finish and excellent aging potential.
Intense ripe dark black fruit with some red fruit, sweet morello cherries, cigar box, graphite and some savory notes. Powerful robust wine with velvet silky texture, grippy tannins and bright acidity with a long dry finish and excellent aging potential.
Aug 14th, 2018