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2003 Bond (Harlan) St Eden Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon: 750ml

$219.99

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points awarded:
ST 95-98 WA 95 WE 96 WS 91

95 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2006

The 2003 St. Eden offers full-bodied, sweet cigar tobacco, spice, licorice, and meaty characteristics, good richness and fatness, and huge concentration and intensity. Performing even better from bottle than it did from barrel, it is a strong candidate for the top wine of the vintage. Already accessible, this beauty should age effortlessly for 15-20 years. Previously recommended: 2002 Matriarch (90), 2002 Melbury (96), 2002 St. Eden (95), 2002 Vecina (95+). Tel. (707) 944-1441; Fax (707) 944-1444


95 -98 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, May 2005

Superripe aromas of black cherry and Cuba n tobacco. Lush and seamless, with a sappy, liqueur-like sweetness of dark raspberry and blackberry fruit. Offers an uncanny combination of sheer density and inner-palate energy. The finishing flavors go on and on. I found this sample at least as supple and sweet as the young 2003 Harlan Estate, but these wines still have another nine months or so in barrel. Winemaker Levy describes the St. Eden cuvee as more powerful and concentrated than Melbury, with more finesse and focus than the Vecina.


96 points,

Wine Enthusiast, February 2007

Tasted alongside the Melbury, St. Eden is richer, more layered and complex. The jammy cherry and chocolate flavors here possess deeper notes of blue and purple fruits, with a brooding, mulchy depth that grounds the wine. The texture is gorgeous, with perfectly ripe, sweet tannins. Despite the wine's power, it has an airy, cloud-like quality, surely the mark of a great wine. - S.H.


91 points,

Wine Spectator, October 2006

Superrich and concentrated, with tiers of currant, blackberry and wild berry fruit that's plush, pushing ripeness to the edge. Yet maintains its balance, and for those who enjoy a rich, high-extract style, this works. Drink now through 2011. 725 cases made. –JL


95 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2006

The 2003 St. Eden offers full-bodied, sweet cigar tobacco, spice, licorice, and meaty characteristics, good richness and fatness, and huge concentration and intensity. Performing even better from bottle than it did from barrel, it is a strong candidate for the top wine of the vintage. Already accessible, this beauty should age effortlessly for 15-20 years. Previously recommended: 2002 Matriarch (90), 2002 Melbury (96), 2002 St. Eden (95), 2002 Vecina (95+). Tel. (707) 944-1441; Fax (707) 944-1444


95 -98 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, May 2005

Superripe aromas of black cherry and Cuba n tobacco. Lush and seamless, with a sappy, liqueur-like sweetness of dark raspberry and blackberry fruit. Offers an uncanny combination of sheer density and inner-palate energy. The finishing flavors go on and on. I found this sample at least as supple and sweet as the young 2003 Harlan Estate, but these wines still have another nine months or so in barrel. Winemaker Levy describes the St. Eden cuvee as more powerful and concentrated than Melbury, with more finesse and focus than the Vecina.


96 points,

Wine Enthusiast, February 2007

Tasted alongside the Melbury, St. Eden is richer, more layered and complex. The jammy cherry and chocolate flavors here possess deeper notes of blue and purple fruits, with a brooding, mulchy depth that grounds the wine. The texture is gorgeous, with perfectly ripe, sweet tannins. Despite the wine's power, it has an airy, cloud-like quality, surely the mark of a great wine. - S.H.


91 points,

Wine Spectator, October 2006

Superrich and concentrated, with tiers of currant, blackberry and wild berry fruit that's plush, pushing ripeness to the edge. Yet maintains its balance, and for those who enjoy a rich, high-extract style, this works. Drink now through 2011. 725 cases made. –JL


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