Harlan Estate Napa Valley Proprietary Red Blend 1991

$895

This is a profoundly great wine. It came across in a blind tasting as one of the most remarkable wines there, with most tasters mistaking it for a first-growth Medoc. The wine revealed an opaque purple color, a fabulously complex, sweet nose of minerals, fruitcake, cedar, toasty new oak, and pure blackcurrant fruit. Although huge in the mouth, the wine is remarkably well-balanced, with its high tannin level well-concealed by copious quantities of sweet ripe fruit, as well as huge amounts of glycerin and extract. I have consistently rated the 1991 Harlan Estate in the mid to upper nineties, but in this blind tasting with so many high quality wines, it was a big-time winner. Approachable now, this wine should be at its best by the turn of the century and last for 2-3 decades. Robert Parker

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Red Wine
Napa Valley, California, USA
Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon
750ml
Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Pasta, Venison, Tomato-Based, Potato, Pork, Chocolate & Caramel, White Rice, Mushrooms, Beef, Lamb, Chili & Hot Spicy, Salami & Prosciutto, Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Herbs, Chicken, Pungent Cheese, Turkey, Soft Cheese, Beans & Peas, Hard Cheese, Duck, Blue Cheese, Onion

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Robert Cunningham Delectable Pro

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

First commercial release. Very monodimensional. Lacking complexity but showing oak. Out of its class with the Bordeaux we were drinking

First commercial release. Very monodimensional. Lacking complexity but showing oak. Out of its class with the Bordeaux we were drinking

8.8

Nathaniel DiMaggio Delectable Pro

Wines were just singing tonight. Could not believe how young this was drinking. Tons of oak tannins still on this guy. After a couple of hours it started to relax. What a treat.

Wines were just singing tonight. Could not believe how young this was drinking. Tons of oak tannins still on this guy. After a couple of hours it started to relax. What a treat.

8.8

Gus Kalaris Delectable Pro

24 years old and should drink well for another 10 - 1st commercial release

24 years old and should drink well for another 10 - 1st commercial release

9.5

Richard Betts Delectable Pro

Master Sommelier/Winemaker/Mezcalero Saint Glinglin, Sombra

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9.4

Alvaro Bustillos

Tasting night @element 47

Tasting night @element 47

9.5

Monica O

Wine Super Bowl 2016

Wine Super Bowl 2016

9.3

Vijay Parikh

Third bottle hit pay dirt! One hour of air and wine evolved for the next hour. Very big, strong cigar smoke and earth with pepper and dark fruit. Long finish gaining in complexity. Very big wine, selosse equivalent!

Third bottle hit pay dirt! One hour of air and wine evolved for the next hour. Very big, strong cigar smoke and earth with pepper and dark fruit. Long finish gaining in complexity. Very big wine, selosse equivalent!

9.0
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