2012 Bond, Matriarch, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)

WS94 "The seductive creamy oak nuances have a dash of toast to complement the juicy dark berry, cedar, black licorice, gravelly earth and spicy floral and sage notes. Finishes long, pure and persistent. To be released spring 2016. Drink now through 2028. 945 cases made." JL for WS Nov 2015

"This highly successful project of Bill Harlan and his team from Harlan Estate and his newest, luxury project, Promontory, includes his winemaker Bob Levy and consulting enologist Michel Rolland.
These exceptionally impressive wines from Bill Harlan are all majestic in 2012. There are between 500 and 600 cases of each of these essentially single vineyard wines from five separate micro-climates in Napa Valley, with the exception of the Matriarch, which comes from the barrels and lots culled from the different single vineyards that were considered slightly more forward and less profound than the individual wines." RP Oct 2015