2018 Harlan Estate The Maiden

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  7/15/2023 - GFischmann Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Wonderful wine
  Deep dark fruit, balance tannins and acidity.
  Secondary flavours of the oak and early tertiary flavour of earth and leather.

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  3/30/2023 - Wine G Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Excellent Bordeaux blend type wine. Kudos to Harlan for hitting the mark for a “2nd” wine of the chateau. That being said, it is a terrible QPR at $350 or whatever ; I’m drinking it alongside a 2019 cleric Milon which is not far behind. Just saying.
  
  Ok, this is quite complex aromatically speaking and a very nice cab dominant blend. Going in Blind I would probably guess Bordeaux France , so that is a compliment to Harlan as well. But many 2nd growths like Leo Barton or Leo Poy or CS or there are so many Bordeaux options in the $80-150 range that are equally good as this at 1/3 the price.

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  11/13/2022 - eschaefer Likes this wine: 95 Points

  What a pleasurable young Napa cab. Big and you g it was hedonistic. Purple black with a dark fruit core. Medium bodied actually. Not overweight, which was nice. Aromas of smoke, black fruit and mint. Super great texture and body. Very silky. I drink a lot of old cali cabs but I was happy to drink this young un. Highly recommended.

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  7/22/2022 - JP75Wine Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Opened this alongside a top tier Washington Cabernet. Both were stunningly good. The Maiden was incredibly silky…elegant. Medium-full bodied. Dark raspberry and blackberry notes mingle with dried herbs, leather, and more earthy nuances. Very long finish.

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  7/4/2022 - pakabear Likes this wine: 96 Points

  I agree with MSU, this really needs another few years minimum. As a PnP, there was almost zero nose, some plum currants, ripe red and black fruits, a bit thin overall. However after 5 hours in a decanter this changed drastically, sweet cherry, blackberry, black raspberry, anise, roses, cinnamon, clove, vanilla, medium+ fine to chewy tannins but balanced well with the fruit. Velvety texture and a very long finish.

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