Classification | Cru Classe |
Type | Red |
Brand | Harlan Estate |
Vintage | 1992 |
Country | United States |
Region | Napa Valley |
Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Bordeaux Blend |
Volume | 0,75 |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Drinkable | -2020 |
Stock | 0 |
The 1992 is also a prodigious wine. It reveals a Mouton-Rothschild-like bouquet of jammy cassis, toasty oak, and lead pencil aromas. It is a ripe, rich, layered, highly concentrated, full-bodied wine with impressive definition. Its hallmark is great intensity without heaviness - a difficult marriage to attain. It is a splendid example of the quality of fruit that can be achieved from well-tended vineyards producing tiny yields.
Herbaceous, if a touch funky and earthy. Dense and chewy, with subdued dried berry fruit and more evident tannins.