Harlan Estate 2001

There is a category called cult wine.
These wines are in limited production and expensive.
They are extremely hard to obtain, and enthusiastic followers are willing to pay a lot of money for them.
Many of them are ripe, oaky, big wine which, fortunately, I'm not a very big fan of (the wine must be made of sour grapes); however, if I ever have a chance to try, I'm more than happy!

Harlan Estate Napa Valley 2001

Harlan Estate was started in 1984 by William Harlan.
Impressed by the great wines he had in France with Robert Mondavi, his aim was to create First Growth California wine.
Now Harlan Estate is one of the most sought after cult wines from Napa Valley.

Bordeaux-Style blend from Oakville, Napa Valley.
The wine had concentrated ripe fruit flavor and refreshing menthol quality at the same time.
Then bacon-like gamey taste and coffee and hazelnut came up.
Tannin was high but soft. Complex wine.

I still don't know if this quality justifies its price, but this is a great wine.

As for pairing, I don't know what to have with such a big wine...