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$544.94
$649.94
Behind many brilliant flagship wines is another bottling from the producer—often (but not always) a larger...
750ml
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$1199.94
Gorgeous blackcurrant bramble fruit tones on the nose. A hint of plum, juniper, allspice, cinnamon, pepper and...
750ml
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$1099.94
Lastly, the 2019 Promontory matches the perfect 2016 from this estate and is legendary stuff. Ripe black fruits,...
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Promontory (Harlan) Penultimate 2016
750ml - Case of 3
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$421.51
Behind many brilliant flagship wines is another bottling from the producer—often (but not always) a larger...
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Promontory (Harlan) Penultimate 2018
750ml - Case of 3
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$441.30
Behind many brilliant flagship wines is another bottling from the producer—often (but not always) a larger...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2009
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1153.51
The 2009 Promontory is a magnificent Bordeaux-styled red offering up notes of burning embers, scorched earth (not...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2011
750ml - Case of 3
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$1113.07
The 2011 Promontory is just starting to enter its first plateau of maturity. Dark, dense and layered, the 2011 is...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2012
750ml - Case of 3
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$831.25
The 2012 Promontory, which is the softest vintage to date, was slightly better this year than last year, as it had...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2013
750ml - Case of 3
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$774.95
The best wine so far (although I suspect the 2015 may ultimately enter the picture as well) is the nearly perfect...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2014
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$2074.45
$2116.00
I knew it was only a matter of time before Davide Cilli would make a wine at Promontory that would represent the...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2014
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$830.00
I knew it was only a matter of time before Davide Cilli would make a wine at Promontory that would represent the...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2014
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$923.69
$982.65
I knew it was only a matter of time before Davide Cilli would make a wine at Promontory that would represent the...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2015
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$926.58
I was lucky enough to be able to taste a small vertical for this report. Starting with the 2015 Estate, this is still...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2015
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$948.37
$1008.90
I was lucky enough to be able to taste a small vertical for this report. Starting with the 2015 Estate, this is still...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2016
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$924.16
Deep garnet-purple, the 2016 Promontory comes barreling out of the glass with bold scents of black cherries,...
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Promontory (Harlan) Red 2019
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1266.50
Lastly, the 2019 Promontory matches the perfect 2016 from this estate and is legendary stuff. Ripe black fruits,...
United States California
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.