2011 Harlan Estate

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 94.6 points

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  1/6/2024 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A good friend decided to pull this late during a dinner party. Zero prep just PNP. Honestly sounds like something I would do after the tasting ends and the drinking begins.
  
  Dense dark fruit. Rounded, balanced and nice length from start to finish. A bit tight on the nose with some heat out of the gate with zero treatment. Some pyrazines mixed with herbaceous. I'm guessing this bottle was killed before it really had a chance to flower which is too bad as this was my first experience with Harlan Estate. I was on the allocation list for a brief period of time and only purchased 16 which still rest in the cellar to this day.
  
  Based on the limited experience I'm not sure that I can make sense if this is worth the hype. Considering the vintage this is an impressive showing regardless of the label. If I had to score I would give this a 94 but feel that it would have improved with a proper decant and different stem.
  
  Club pours and hungry hungry hippo was the theme when this bottle hit the table. I felt inadequately prepared with my Zalto Universal. Lol...
  
  NV Ruinart BdB
  18 Lail Georgia
  16 Coup de Foundre 1.5L
  09 Blankiet Paradise Hills
  09 Blankiet Rive Driote
  11 Harlan Estate

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  12/13/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points

  Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. Young, a little closed still.

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  9/3/2023 - Shugs_Claret wrote: 95 Points

  Impeccably balanced and perfectly rounded. Dark fruits, persistent and a bright finish.

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  3/3/2023 - kostaslonis wrote:

  Harlan Estate Vertical tasting (WSPC): Cool winter, due to heavy fog they were not fully biodynamic (starting converting on 2008), harvest mid-October to mid-November, 80% new oak, 12.000 btl, bottle open 12.00 and tasted 13.50
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  The color is much denser.
  The wine shows freshness, black fruit, a touch warm, licorice, black cherry & currant, light in the nose and a character, fine oak frame, balanced.
  Palate showing again finesse, there is a touch of developing notes, some dried fruit, raisin, dried red currant notes, coffee, chocolate, alcohol heat, the tannins are a bit drying, medium body, medium finish, some toast notes in the nose too.

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  10/13/2022 - SmokeTaint Likes this wine: 96 Points

  needs time to open up, at least 2 hrs imho
  opened 2011 and 2009
  this one is more fruity than '09, beautiful nose, nice integration, drinking well but has plenty of time to keep it on it's side

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