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  • 2002
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • California
  • North Coast
  • Napa Valley
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Red
  • 100 Points
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Lot 110

2002 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2002 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $1400 - $2000 with a BUY IT NOW of $1700. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11778.

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A veteran collector of over 30 years, this consignor began his journey in the early 1990s while working at The Wine Establishment in Toronto. His collection was primarily sourced through the LCBO, MLCC, and the Chicago Wine Company, supplemented by a position on the Harlan Estate mailing list. Each bottle has been professionally maintained in a custom Genuwine Cellars home system, ensuring impeccable storage conditions since acquisition.
2002 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red from this lot has the following scores - Vinous 100 points, The Wine Advocate 100 points, Falstaff Magazine 100 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 100 points. This is the tasting note for 2002 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red from Robert Parker - with a score of 100 points. The extraordinary Harlan Estate, which I awarded 100 points seven years ago, offers no justifiable reason to doubt its perfect score. It is still a baby, with an inky purple color and notes of smoky camphor intermixed with creme de cassis, Asian soy and a hint of cedar beginning to emerge as well as some espresso and subtle damp forest floor notes. The wine has awesome intensity, a full-bodied mouthfeel, a skyscraper-like texture, and a finish that goes on for close to a minute. This is a perfect wine, still youthful and young, and not even in full adolescence as of 2012. It has 40 or more years ahead of it, but should hit its plateau of full maturity in another 5-10 years. It is certainly one of the most showy , flamboyant and remarkable Harlan Estates made to date. (More recently, the 2007 tends to resemble this wine more than any other vintage I can think of.) Kudos to Bill Harlan!.