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BOND 2005 The Matriarch Red (Napa Valley)

Price $90

This year’s Matriarch is very similar to Harlan Estate in structure, and in some ways, a superior wine, or at least more delicious now. Shows the most beautiful black currant, cedar, blueberry pie and Asian spice flavors. What makes the structure so gorgeous are the firm tannins. Ultimately, it’s a refined, exquisite red wine. Hard to imagine a better one for… — S.H. (5/1/2009)

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BOND 2005 Vecina Red (Napa Valley)

Price $275

Very refined, with lovely perfume. Heady, showing currants, cassis, cedar, chocolate-covered cherries and sweet herbs. Decadent, classy, elegant, with a great tannin structure. Just oozes class. — S.H. (5/1/2009)

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BOND 2001 Vecina Red (Napa Valley)

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Price $210

Very fine wine. Denser, richer, more powerful than the other Bond ’01s. In the mouth, it has a molten quality, like liquid lead or mercury; strong flavors of plums, bitter chocolate, cassis, and good, rich oak. Pretty astringent now in tannins, it’s firm and hard, but complex and layered. Drink now, but best beyond 2010. — S.H. (6/1/2005)

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BOND 2002 St. Eden Red (Napa Valley)

Price $225

More structured than the Melbury, with deeper, firmer tannins: but it’s certainly not a tannic, hard wine. It’s the quality of the tannins, fine, ripely sweet, intricate. The flavors are enormously rich in blue and black berries, as well as chocolate. Magnificent wine, fleshy, fat, opulent. As delicious as it is now, should age well through 2020. — S.H. (9/1/2006)

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BOND 2003 St. Eden Red (Napa Valley)

Price $230

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… — S.H. (2/1/2007)

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BOND 2003 Vecina Red (Napa Valley)

Price $230

From a vineyard just adjacent to the Oakville estate comes this wonderfully earth-scented wine. Deep and brooding, the aromas bring to mind a walk through a forest. Now a whiff of bay laurel, then pine cone and a rich, mulchy humus, and hovering over all are ripe blackberries and oodles of caramelized new oak. Much more open at this point in its life than the ’02… — S.H. (2/1/2007)

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BOND 2004 St. Eden Red (Napa Valley)

Price $210

Brilliant aromatics here, just stupendously attractive. Among the sweetest and most approachable of Harlan’s current stable, it’s also complex and ageworthy. Fairly tannic now, with a refined sandpapery grittiness coating pure flavors of ripe cherries, plums and blackberries and their associated liqueurs. The finish is so long, balanced and harmonious. It’s hard to… — S.H. (12/1/2007)

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BOND 2001 Melbury Red (Napa Valley)

Price $210

Has stunning fruit, for starters. Sheer, pure, concentrated nose of cassis and cherry. Subtle oak in the background, lending vanilla, toast and caramel nuances. Fabulous texture and weight, fine as velvet. Magnificently lush, full-bodied. Fantastic finish. Drink now through 2015. — S.H. (6/1/2005)

Most Reviewed Designations

Melbury Pluribus Quella St. Eden The Matriarch Vecina

Most Reviewed Varietals

Bordeaux-style Red Blend Cabernet Blend Red Blend

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