Napa Valley
2009 Harlan
Estate
OCT 13 Ruby. Intense, ripe, rich, fruity and layered nose, big. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, ripe, rich, fruity, big, fruity again, just so much! More nuanced than last bottle two weeks back or so. Very long. 94
OCT 13 Ruby. Intense, ripe, rich, fruity and layered nose, big. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, ripe, rich, fruity, big, fruity again, just so much! More nuanced than last bottle two weeks back or so. Very long. 94
2009
Harlan Estate
OCT 13 Ruby.
Intense, rich, heavy nose, massive, everything zoomed inn, maybe some floral
notes way back there, coffee, huge and complex nose. Fresh avidity, high of
ripe tannins, massive, intense, huge, numbs the palate, overshadows everything,
complex and very long. Not that easy to drink, but impressive somehow. A sip
will last you a very long time, and if you share it with a hundred friends, and
you can, it' not that expensive either. 96
2007 Harlan Estate
NOV 11 Deep ruby, licorice, blackberries, chocolate, intense and layered nose. Palate doesn't feel quite as exciting, classic Napa, and maybe somewhat more elegant style than former bottles I've tried. 92
NOV 11 Deep ruby, licorice, blackberries, chocolate, intense and layered nose. Palate doesn't feel quite as exciting, classic Napa, and maybe somewhat more elegant style than former bottles I've tried. 92
2005 Harlan Estate
NOV 09 Dark ruby, mocha, coffee, ripe dark fruits, cassis, a bit warm fruit if I'm really picky. Good acidity, a bit hollow in the mid palate, but very young, so this will come around, lots of ripe tannins, long finish, keep for a long time. 93
2004 Harlan Estate
NOV 09 Ruby red, some vanilla, good fruit intensity, blackcurrants, coffee, chocolate, sweet tobacco, elegant, yet intense and almost powerful. Lots of tannins, fruits and acidity. Liquorice and oak on the finish. Needs time. 94
NOV 09 Ruby red, some vanilla, good fruit intensity, blackcurrants, coffee, chocolate, sweet tobacco, elegant, yet intense and almost powerful. Lots of tannins, fruits and acidity. Liquorice and oak on the finish. Needs time. 94
2003 Harlan Estate
MAR 12 (Served blind) Opaque, garnet rim. Massive with huge fruit, perfumed and alcoholic nose. Medium acidity, massive dry tannins, BIG on all accounts. Alcoholic palate and finish, and I nailed it. Not many wines out there as vulgar as this one. 90
MAR 12 (Served blind) Opaque, garnet rim. Massive with huge fruit, perfumed and alcoholic nose. Medium acidity, massive dry tannins, BIG on all accounts. Alcoholic palate and finish, and I nailed it. Not many wines out there as vulgar as this one. 90
1995 Harlan Estate
DEC 12 Deep ruby, garnet rim. Rich, hugely intense, vanilla, massive, scented like a tax free shop, all over the place. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, massive body, almost cooked, Gangnam style wine! According to PSY. the man behind the hit Gangnam style, that means to dress classy and dance cheesy. From the urban dictionary cheesy means: 'Trying too hard, unsubtle, and inauthentic. Specifically that which is unsubtle or inauthentic in its way of trying to elicit a certain response from a viewer, listener, audience, etc. Celine Dion is cheesy because her lyrics, timbre, key changes, and swelling orchestral accompaniment telegraph 'i want you to be moved' instead of moving you. Gold chains on an exposed hairy chest are cheesy because they shout out: "I have money and I am manly" instead of impressing a woman in a more subtle way, or allowing a woman to form her own judgments. The excessive showing off suggests he's compensating for what he does not have--i.e., he's actually poor, insecure, or short with an inferiority complex.' Burning alcoholic finish.... 82
DEC 12 Deep ruby, garnet rim. Rich, hugely intense, vanilla, massive, scented like a tax free shop, all over the place. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, massive body, almost cooked, Gangnam style wine! According to PSY. the man behind the hit Gangnam style, that means to dress classy and dance cheesy. From the urban dictionary cheesy means: 'Trying too hard, unsubtle, and inauthentic. Specifically that which is unsubtle or inauthentic in its way of trying to elicit a certain response from a viewer, listener, audience, etc. Celine Dion is cheesy because her lyrics, timbre, key changes, and swelling orchestral accompaniment telegraph 'i want you to be moved' instead of moving you. Gold chains on an exposed hairy chest are cheesy because they shout out: "I have money and I am manly" instead of impressing a woman in a more subtle way, or allowing a woman to form her own judgments. The excessive showing off suggests he's compensating for what he does not have--i.e., he's actually poor, insecure, or short with an inferiority complex.' Burning alcoholic finish.... 82
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