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Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 3/30/2024 5:03:33 AM

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Who is accepting the 2020’s from Promontory & Harlan? And if you’ve told them no, what has their response been?

I just got my email that they’re about to bill me for my allocation of Promontory. I know they harvested early, but that’s quite a leap of faith on a poor vintage at that price point. (800/bottle)

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 3/30/2024 5:20:05 AM

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On Vinous, Harlan was Antonio’s top wine for 2020. But he found Promontory light and unexciting.

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 3/30/2024 10:28:48 AM

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On Vinous, Harlan was Antonio’s top wine for 2020. But he found Promontory light and unexciting.

Dunnuck, who I tend to most agree with, gave Promontory 95pts, but said it lacked vibrancy of a great vintage. He also said Harlan was the wine of the vintage.

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 3/30/2024 4:40:27 PM

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Tough decision! But for what it’s worth, you can probably just email Promontory and say that you bought heavily in 2019 assuming 2020 wouldn’t release a wine, so won’t be ordering — but that you do wish to stay on the list.

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 4/1/2024 4:52:54 PM

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This was a tough call. I saw they increased the price to $800 a bottle and I felt the tasting notes weren't as unique as other years. Both Antonio and Dunnuck mentioned lacking depth. Normally I do pick up 3 Promontory and 3 Penultimates, but decided to stop the Penultimate allocation this year and add more from Vice Versa with Philippe Melka.

Have been tasting more Burgundy lately and I recently picked up more PYCM...Chassagne Montrachet 1er, etc. Love that ****. lol

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 4/1/2024 5:33:12 PM

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lol
People here whined and whined about $600 for a 100 pt Scarecrow a few weeks ago.

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 4/1/2024 5:59:36 PM

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Interesting that quite a few of us own a fair number of “those” bottles, but rarely post about them.

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 4/1/2024 8:30:19 PM

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lol
People here whined and whined about $600 for a 100 pt Scarecrow a few weeks ago.

Actually thats not totally correct, I dont care about spending the $600, but in reality it was more like $2100 as I had to buy a 3 pack and on top tax and shipping. If I could buy a single bottle from them I would and have it for a special ocasion. It would be great that those very expensive bottles can be bought as single bottles and not as a pack.

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 4/2/2024 11:13:17 AM

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Maybe we need a little thread for people who want to go in for a three pack jointly?

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RE: Promontory & Harlan 2020 - 4/9/2024 2:20:20 PM

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Interesting that quite a few of us own a fair number of “those” bottles, but rarely post about them.

Unfortunately all of my Promontory & Scarecrow are too young to enjoy now, knowing their potential at 10+ years. I also wish the community of folks who invest in these wines would be open to discussing them more.

Interestingly, I was at Promontory in March and they poured the 2011 for us. I was actually very impressed. It was a terrible vintage for Napa, but Promontory made a wine that still feels young and vibrant. There was ripe fruit, but the wine felt more like an old world style Bordeaux than Napa. I wanted to try the 2020, but the weren’t pouring it. We had ‘11 and ‘21 and ‘18 Penultimate.

Speaking of 3 packs, Promontory was happy to sell me singles of Penultimate. I have an ‘18 and ‘19. Vice Versa let me do the same with The Magnificent Seven. Sometimes you just have to ask about buying a single bottle. Doesn’t work with everyone, but it works with some.

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