2007 Harlan Estate The Maiden

Community Tasting Notes (64) Avg Score: 93.7 points

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  2/10/2024 - Bob in NC wrote: flawed

  Very disappointed. This bottle tasted like it was oxidized some, although still drinkable, but incredible as the previous 2 bottles.

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  12/24/2023 - jshufelt wrote: 93 Points

  Consistent with previous tasting notes.

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  12/15/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points

  Robert's Holiday Dinner at Margaux's Table (Margaux's Table, White Bear Lake, MN): Very dark red/purple color. PNP, drank a glass over about an hour. Ripe, Blackberry, plum, ripe cassis, spicy. The palte is sappy, ripe, blackberry, plum, huckleberry, dried wood. Very good. 92+pts.

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  12/15/2023 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Robert's Holiday Party (Margaux's): Slo-O'd at the restaurant for about 2 hours. This was very Harlan-esque with a rich mouthfeel and silky smooth tannins. Lots of red fruit and leans on the fruit side of the scale (rather than tertiary), although tertiary notes are definitely there! For those who prefer more hedonistic wines with some of the complexities that tertiary flavors bring, this is in a great spot right now! (This is drinking quite well for me!) For those who prefer wines with much more tertiary flavors than fruit, this wine still needs a few years.
  
  Mostly red fruit (currant and red berries) with some black fruit (mostly dark cherry) lurking in the background. Also, notes of earth, leather and some tobacco with hints of tar and graphite. Oak is well integrated and finish is medium to medium long. Tasty and certainly in my wheelhouse. Easy 93+ to 94 points! Will be opening my other 2 more sooner than later!

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  12/15/2023 - galewskj wrote: 93 Points

  Robert's holiday get-together: This is so soft and velvety, its like a red wine pillow. Friendly red fruit of strawberry, raspberry and plum. I had a 1997 about a year ago and that had significantly more development to it, which makes me think that a few more years will benefit this wine.

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