Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2000 vintage. Decanted and tasted over the course of two hours. Pristine, top shoulder fill and immaculate cork. Still tons of color. Medium body. Some bramble fruits in the nose along the usual damp earth, cassis, graphite/minerals. Consolidated power and grip with a 35-40 second finish. In the zone and worth seeking out now until 2035. Should be more affordable than most comparably performing 2000 vintage BDX online, retail or in restos. Hit it. You won't regret it. 12.8.23. — 5 months ago

Beachin Wino

9.5

Wine Spectator #14 Top 100
Drinking beautifully now
Would love to revisit with a bit more time in the bottle.
Cellar selection — a year ago

with Fred

Brandon T

9.6

@Stanley Barrios can do no wrong in my book. A great blend! — 3 years ago

Andrew S

9.3

A big styled wine with well integrated tannins. Nice notes of spice and cocoa on top of the core of ripe darker fruits. Best at cellar temp after 90 minute decant. — 4 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Happy Birthday Christine & Hedy!

Allen Bothers meats; Tomahawk, Filet Milon, New York Strip & Ribeye served family style. Allen Brothers buy only the top 1% of meat quality available on the market.

St. Julien beauty & elegance with steaks cooked on the Egg Grill. Heaven together. — 4 years ago

Billy L.

10

🎂Birthday Wine 🍾🥂👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Best Champagne I’ve ever enjoyed!
“The Hype” is deserved! Believe the Winemaker, Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon-Chef de Cave of Louis Roederer since 1999 has said 2008 is his greatest Cristal to date! Seek out, cellar & consume all you can! Cheers, 🍾🥂 — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

From a great old looking bottle with a top shoulder fill and solid cork. Old light brick color, translucent. Notes of tart cherry, cola, some wood and some dry earth. Rustic. Still has reasonable fruit and structure. This bottle was better than the last one. — 5 years ago

Justin Michel

9.5

Birth year bottle met Theo Astrid No bij Enfin. Erg speciaal wijn niet perse top — 5 months ago

Joseph Barsky

9.5

2920 vintage. Loved it. Superb on a hot night. — 9 months ago

Kellin

9.8

Today was not a day I will soon forget. Getting to walk through Harlan Estate with the legendary Don Weaver is truly a highlight of my career (and life!). A kinder and more hospitable man does not exist, I’m sure of it.

To top off Don’s hospitality was having the 2017 and 2020 Vintages side-by-side. In a word: breathtaking. Both vintages are very emotional due to tremendous pressures felt from fires, the pandemic, and other factors. You can almost taste that tension in the wine. But the Masterful wine growers and wine makers at Harlan Estate were able to find harmony and balance with some help from Mother Nature with both vintages.

The 2017, having had some time in the bottle expresses more floral and aromatic notes of leather and asphalt. The pallet it is expressive, structured, and broad shouldered with herbaceous bay leaf and dark cherry flavors that find their way into parts of your pallet reserved just for things that taste so good you get chills. Undoubtedly a wine that will age gracefully over time.

The 2020, by contrast, was tasted out of the barrel. It already shows a tannin profile that is a hallmark of Harlan Estate; I can’t wait to drink it once it’s been in bottle for a few years; drink it to remember 2020, drink it to forget 2020? Either way, it will be representative of the special place that is Harlan Estate.

Grateful, grateful, grateful. — 2 years ago

Brandon T

9.6

Blown away by how good this was. 2 hour decant required, then it was singing. More of an old world feel to it now versus the last bottle I had. Just great. — 4 years ago

barak heller hayun

9.0

🙈 tasting 6th wine
at wset level 2 course (5th meeting)

2nd of a tempranillo couple.

strawberry, blackcurrant and oak 👃

medium acidity.
medium tannins.
medium body.

rich 👄 of red and black fruit, spices and some oak.

long 🎯

great wine, not to my liking.

no wine in this class made me really happy...
the Rieslings weren't top class, the rest not specially made for me. — 4 years ago

Wai Min Higa

9.0

First impression of cool breeze in the nose, with smooth after taste along with subtle tannins and mild tulk. Depth on the top with dry note. Overall, good wine goes along with meat and cheeses. — 5 years ago

Paul Secombe

9.0

Yum .., just yum!
smooth berries and spices all along the palate, with a remarkable length to the whole experience.
Just yum! — 6 months ago

Alexandre Pagliano

9.4

Dark ruby robe, showing some bricking at the rim. Nose of cedarwood, top soil notes, cassis, asian spices. Oh so good in the mouth, in spite the very tannins of the vintage. Starting to open up, will probably get even better in another 5 years or so, no rush but already very very enjoyable now. Great bottle and we loved it.
— 10 months ago

Raul Puga

9.6

Damn!!! Unbelievably delicious — 3 years ago

Tom Garland

9.2

#6 on WS top 100 wines of 2007.

2 hour decant (decent chunky sediment). A dazzling dark ruby red color. On the nose: perfumed nose, black fruit, menthol, earthy, green veggie, graphite. Taste: a smooth and silky wine with dark fruit, spice, earthy, and a cherry pencil lead medium plus slightly tannic finish. Still just a little young and slightly austere...it will be better with a few more years on it. But with the decant, it will be enjoyed over the next couple hours this Saturday night! Cheers! — 4 years ago

with Brenda

Eric Urbani

9.2

Caymus like extracted style, one of the top Paso cabs — 4 years ago

Jeff Sadosky

9.6

Biscuits, yeast, and some nice dryness on top of a beautiful color. Thanks Romes! — 4 years ago

Mark Reale

9.0

A really good baby but it’s waiting to grow up according to Chef Robin White ! — 5 years ago