2006 Harlan Estate The Maiden

Community Tasting Notes (69) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  12/15/2022 - The Cellar at 924 wrote: 94 Points

  Decanted for about an hour and consumed over the next two hours. Lovely with a long finish. Should have decanted earlier. Drinking well with a few years left.

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  5/14/2022 - jshufelt wrote: 93 Points

  Pop and pour into a decanter - not fair at all, but it was one of those days where I don't care, I'm treating myself. Deal with it. In the glass, dark saturated red, slight tint of auburn at the rim - same as 8+ years ago, it appears. On the nose, currants and potpourri. On the palate, more currants, herbal and spearmint notes, and tobacco, with assertive but not overbearing tannins on the midpalate and the long finish, overall a more integrated showing than our previous bottles. It seems clear in retrospect that these needed much more time than I gave them, but the good news for those of you that still have these in your cellar - the upslope is emerging.

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  1/22/2022 - hoservin Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Decanted for one hour. Nose of blackberry, currant, pencil lead, tobacco leaf and spice. Ripe black fruit, cedar, graphite and dried herbs on the palate. Excellent weight and depth on the very long finish. Full bodied. Drinking beautifully. Served with grilled ribeyes and blue cheese, black truffle butter.

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  11/20/2021 - spendergast Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Decanted 2 hrs. Paired really well with Wagyu ribeye steaks on the grill. Notes of black cherry, raspberry, cedar, spice with well integrated tannins. Drinking very well but still young.

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  11/9/2021 - csimm wrote: 83 Points

  Halloween in the Vice Versa Cave: A somewhat polarizing wine among a number of us in the group, with the majority (myself included) not convinced this is on a path worthy of especially high accolade. The black cherry and plum notes come off heavily muddled and overworked. There is seemingly decent texture and a nicely flowing delivery of flavor in terms of exhibiting medium energy and kinda complete follow-through, but the fruit flavors themselves are way over developed. Overall, this was plummy and almost rubbery, with a negatively advanced profile that needs to tighten-up its girdle. At best, this tastes like a base level Napa Cabernet. To me, it almost seems to belong among some of the cheap blasted “Red Wines” from Down Under or some funky $20 Syrah out of Washington.

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