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“The 2021 Harlan Estate is a wine of sublime refinement and class,” wrote Antonio Galloni of Vinous in his rave. Grown in one of the greatest Napa Valley vintages this century, the wine earned perfect scores from Decanter, James Suckling, and Lisa Perrotti-Brown, longtime Editor-in-Chief of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, who noted its “jaw-dropping grace and poise.” It will renew your awe in one of the world’s great wineries.
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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...
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It’s important not to let the uncompromising quality of Harlan Estate overshadow the fact that they are, in Antonio Galloni’s words, “without question, the most innovative winery in Napa Valley.” This is reflected in the 2021 bottling. A year prior, due to the challenging season, Winemaker Cory Empting and his team were forced to harvest early, lest they risk losing the entire crop. The resulting wine was fantastic, and it caused Empting and t...