Harlan Estate--Vintage 1994

6 magnums per lot
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HARLAN

Undoubtedly one of the premier estates in the Napa Valley, Harlan is the product of the finest ingredients. With a 240 acre mountainside estate overlooking Martha's Vineyard, only 30 acres meet the perfect conditions to be under vine. Of this selective area, winemaker Bob Levy and consultant Michel Rolland take less than two tons of grapes per acre. Meticulous hand sorting methods done grape by grape make the wine one of the most labor intensive products of the wine world. Miniscule quantities, star winemaker names, and juice that is concentrated beyond belief-no wonder the wine is heralded as a first-growth of California.

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Harlan Estate--Vintage 1994
Napa Valley
Lots 528 in three original wooden cases
Lots 529-530 in original wooden cases
Parcel: lots 529-530
"What can I say about the 1994? I have tasted the wine for three consecutive years, and each time it satisfied all of my requirements for perfection. The opaque purple color is followed by spectacular aromatics that soar from the glass, offering up celestial levels of black currants, minerals, smoked herbs, cedar wood, coffee, and pain grille. In the mouth, this seamless legend reveals full body, and exquisite layers of phenomenally pure and rich fruit, followed by a 40+ second finish. While accessible, the 1994 begs for another 5-7 years of cellaring. It should easily last for 30+ years. Every possible jagged edge - acidity, alcohol, tannin, and wood - is brilliantly intertwined in what seems like a diaphanous format. What is so extraordinary about this large-scaled wine, with its dazzling display of aromatics and prodigious flavors and depth, is that it offers no hint of heaviness or coarseness. Harlan's 1994 comes close to immortality in the glass." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, #114 (Dec 1997)
6 magnums per lot