2000 The Napa Valley Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  5/22/2016 - Nanda wrote: 91 Points

  Harlan + Friends Intro Retro (Whitehead's, Northbrook, IL): A lighter translucent ruby. Initially there is a lot of earthy/dusty funk on the nose. Blows off to reveal dried red fruit, cigar box and bell pepper. Palate is nice and more mellow with still sweet red fruit, herby/leafy complexity and some spice. None of the components (fruit, acid, tannin) are particularly high energy or prominent. Nice but my guess this is past peak and on a downslope. My #5, Group #6.

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  6/9/2015 - floridawinedrkr Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Much better than the last bottle. Lots of acid still so this will go a long time. This bottle tasted like a 20+ year old bordeaux. It was smooth and silky. Lots of wet forrest floor, red fruit, wet cedar on the nose and through out the tasting. Lighter in body.

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  4/24/2015 - floridawinedrkr Does not like this wine:

  This bottle was undrinkable from the time we opened it to the 4 hours of air. This had an overwhelming dusty, wet forest floor, and just an overall massive musty finish. This was undrinkable by all. Must be a bad bottle.

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  4/10/2015 - Purple Tooth wrote: 92 Points

  Medium bodied appearance, mature color, with low viscosity. Nose of cold metal, menthol, plums and cedar. With air the wine gained weight and muscle and became more solid. I believe that this wine is just on the other side of peak, but still a fantastic display of what was once a very successful wine from the 2000 vintage. Still has grip and dryness...will keep for another 3 to 5 years but I doubt of improvement. This is one of those times when I thoroughly enjoy as much as I can now, but throw 2 bottles in the back of the cellar as a science project for the future. Beautiful label...

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  4/10/2015 - floridawinedrkr Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Not much going here. Thin, flabby, with muted flavors. Nose was ok with flowers, earth, red fruit, a little funk. It had the body of an old bordeaux with out the flavor. Not impressive what so ever.

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