Soutard Size:12x750ml the 2016 Harlan Estate reaches

the 2016 Harlan Estate reaches dizzying heights of profound beauty

000 bottles were filled in July 2018

I mildly prefer the Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet because of its marginally better sense of verve but I underscore that the difference is slight and it’s obviously an open question as to how the two wines will compare over time – in sum

This is at once succulent but entirely serious and is going to need all of a decade to reach its full potential

Soutard Size:12x750ml the 2016 Harlan Estate reachesFirm, strict, hard style of wine that is better on the floral, cherry, thyme and earthy, smoky nose than on the still, tannic, , crisp, palate. It's interesting that although they want to produce a modern, styled wine, this is really more in the old school, classic vein.