The clock above the tennis court said it was 5:32 P.M. and the scoreboard in my head showed that I was losing. I prepared to deliver my second serve. As usual, my opponent stood on the other side of the net, nearly immobile, with the same calculated expression on his face into whose abyss I had been staring for two hours already. I placed my serve to his backhand and rushed to the net. His return flo...
For over three decades, Harlan Estate has been committed to creating California "First Growth" wine estate.
Set on the western hills of Oakville, rising above the fabled Napa Valley bench lands, the estate is over 97 hectares of natural splendor; oak-studded knolls and valleys, roughly fifteen percent of which are under vine, planted with the classic varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. But more than that,...
Since that 1990 release, four vintages of Harlan Estate Proprietary Red have earned perfect ratings of 100.
Proprietary Red is complex, full-bodied and has the ability to age for decades. Meticulous hand sorting methods done grape-by-grape make the wine one of the most labor intensive products of the wine world. It is both graceful and elegant, ranking Harlan Estate undoubtedly as one of the premier estates in the Napa Valley. Harlan Estate...
The harvesting is carried out by an experienced vineyard crew who run the harvest in several pickings, cluster by cluster.
This is often repeated 3 or 4 times, after which the fruit is still selected grape by grape, once in the winery. This is done to avoid unripe grapes, overripe grapes or anything other than grape material, such as pieces of leaves or stems, getting into the fermentation tank. Every picking lot is always processed separa...
"Harlan Estate might be the single most profound red wine made not just in California, but in the world."
—Robert M. Parker, Jr.
"Without question, this is a California 'grand cru.' It's hard to imagine another California wine of any stripe that has provided so many fireworks over the past two decades."
—Stephen Tanzer
"After various tastings of Harlan wines and with all the scores given, we have to conclude that this wine can be s...
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