This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2004 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $1100 - $1500 with a reserve of $800. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11566.
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This Quebec consignor was introduced to the world of wine by one of the province’s most important private collectors, Champlain Charest. M Champlain shared his passion and taught him to invest in value wines. He began his own collection in 2010, and purchased all of the bottles through the SAQ, SAQ Grand Connaisseur and Champlain Charest wine cellar. Prior to arriving at Iron Gate, the wines were stored in a wine cellar with the temperature regulated at 14C-15C and humidity controlled to 70%.
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. 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..