The Tb points given to this wine are the world’s most valid and most up-to-date evaluation of the quality of the wine. Tastingbook points are formed by the Tastingbook algorithm which takes into account the wine ratings of the world's best-known professional wine critics, wine ratings by thousands of tastingbook’s professionals and users, the generally recognised vintage quality and reputation of the vineyard and winery. Wine needs at least five professional ratings to get the Tb score. Tastingbook.com is the world's largest wine information service which is an unbiased, non-commercial and free for everyone.
Wine Description
The Story
With the founding of Harlan Estate in 1984, we embarked upon our mission of creating a “first growth” of California. The estate’s early vineyard development began with just six acres. Today our planting is essentially complete, with nearly forty acres under vine to the classic varietals: cabernet sauvignon (70%), merlot (20%), cabernet franc (8%), and petit verdot (2%). Invariably, the finished wine is predominately cabernet sauvignon, which w...
Wine Information
Copious winter rains through January, slowing through the spring, set the stage for a late-March budbreak. Temperatures hovered between 80° and 90° from May into september, with only 33 days topping 90°. scant rain in early september, followed by some days with elevated temps. harvest concluded september 26. average yield was 2.75 tons per acre.
tasting notes
Color very dense, nearly opaque. Very ripe, concentrated aromatics of vanilla, ...
Recommended glass shape
Average Bottle Price
2023 | 2020 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 | 2010 | 2005 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 586€ +22.9% | 1 290€ +31.9% | 978€ +1.3% | 965€ +2.8% | 939€ +15.6% | 812€ -14.8% | 953€ +35.9% | 701€ |