BOND Estates: Napa Valley’s Finest 3-5-24
On Sale Now!
Imagine you’re a world-class winemaker crafting bottles that sell for thousands on the secondary market. Now imagine deciding to sell wines from a specific vineyard only after you’ve made at least ten vintages of wines from said vineyard to test. Now imagine that only 5% of vineyards you test make the cut. After a decade. That’s ridiculous, right? That’s Bill Harlan’s BOND.
Described by Antonio Galloni as a “once in a generation, modern day classic,” these are prestigious wines from Napa Valley. Launched in the 1990s, the San Francisco Chronicle describes the concept as completely at odds with what was popular at the time: style (one could snidely argue “over substance,” but really the article says over terroir):
“Bond instead emphasized a sense of place as its organizing principle, asserting that minute differences in a vineyard’s climate, soil and exposure — rather than the winemaking techniques — were the true variables.
… Read the rest Described by Antonio Galloni as a “once in a generation, modern day classic,” these are prestigious wines from Napa Valley. Launched in the 1990s, the San Francisco Chronicle describes the concept as completely at odds with what was popular at the time: style (one could snidely argue “over substance,” but really the article says over terroir):
“Bond instead emphasized a sense of place as its organizing principle, asserting that minute differences in a vineyard’s climate, soil and exposure — rather than the winemaking techniques — were the true variables.
