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  • 2004
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • California
  • North Coast
  • Napa Valley
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Red
Lot 83

2004 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2004 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $1100 - $1600 with a BUY IT NOW of $1350. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11759.

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This collection brings together some of the finest producers from California, Italy, and France. Every bottle has been meticulously stored in a temperature-controlled environment and is in excellent condition for auction.
2004 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red from this lot has the following scores - The Wine Advocate 98 points, Wine Spectator 98 points, Wine Enthusiast 98 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 98 points, Vinous 97 points, Falstaff Magazine 97 points, CellarTracker 96 points. This is the tasting note for 2004 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red from Robert Parker - Another rating identical to that which was given in 2007 (when first tasted from bottle), the 2004 Harlan Estate is performing essentially the way I suggested in 2007 as it is one of the more precocious and accessible of the Harlan Estate wines to date. A great showing at this retrospective, this wine, which seems like a hypothetical blend of a Pauillac, St.-Estephe and Graves, represents around 1,500 cases from 40 acres of beautifully manicured hillside vineyards overlooking Oakville. Still dense purple to the rim, with notes of creme de cassis, charcoal, blackberry and sweet toast, the wine is full-bodied and voluptuously textured with the tannins largely resolved. But the density and richness suggest this wine can go a long, long way, even though the window for drinking it seems open and inviting already. A world-class, first-growth wine if there ever was one from Napa, this is simply an exquisite Harlan Estate that has atypically reached mid to late adolescence at the age of ten. That is great given the fact that these are 30- to 40-year wines – possibly even half-century wines. Drink it over the next 30 years.