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Tue, Nov 5, 2024 10:00AM EST - Tue, Nov 12, 2024 08:00PM EST
  • 2010
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • California
  • North Coast
  • Napa County
  • Bordeaux Red Blend
  • Red
  • II4482
  • II4482
Lot 1050

2010 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$1,100 - CAD$1,600

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 2010 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $1100 - $1600 with a reserve of $800. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11543.

Condition

Wine in this lot has following conditions - In Neck.

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An Ontario-based consignor who has carefully monitored and maintained his wine collection. He has a deep appreciation for Bordeaux but holds a special love for California wines, spending considerable time in Napa. He sourced his bottles from the LCBO, SAQ and some Alberta wine retailers, and directly from California wineries. All bottles were stored in immaculate conditions in his Eurocave wine cabinets, which are both temperature and humidity controlled.
The score for 2010 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red is 98+ points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - I wouldn’t be surprised to see the 2010 Harlan Estate inch closer to perfection over the next decade. Surprisingly supple for this vintage, while this cuvee is not usually that flamboyant or exuberant in its youth, the 2010 is sensual and performing remarkably well. Its deep purple color is accompanied by notions of charcoal, graphite, camphor, creme de cassis, barbecue smoke and blackberries. As usual, this complex effort reminds me of a hypothetical blend of a great Pauillac and Graves (such as La Mission Haut-Brion). Rich, full-bodied and softer than I would have expected in this vintage, it is a prodigious, multidimensional, compelling wine. It requires 3-5 years of bottle age and should drink well over the following 30+ years. It is hard to believe but Bill Harlan’s beautiful estate in the lower hills of the Mayacamas Mountains on the western side of Napa has now made over twenty vintages. (I have mixed emotions, as I am old enough to remember them all.) The Maiden is always an impressive effort, but it is built to be drunk at an early age.