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Bond

Bond is an Oakville, California, winery that makes widely acclaimed single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons based on an unusual business model. Founded in the late 1990s by H. William Harlan, who in 1984 founded Harlan Estate, Bond uses grapes from five vineyards that Harlan does not own. The winery refers to its offerings as “a portfolio of wines that are diverse in their geographic representation…” The name Bond was selected to highlight the “bond” between Harlan, his winemaking team, which includes his longtime associate Robert Levy, director of winegrowing, and the independent growers who supply the grapes. Each of the “grand crus,” as Harlan calls his Bond wines, has been given a proprietary name, such as Vecina and Melbury, meaning that although the goal is to make Cabernet Sauvignons using only single vineyard grapes, Bond reserves the right to blend if necessary. Besides the “grand crus” Bond makes Matriarch, a second wine. The vineyards Bond leases are 7 to 10 acres each.

2003 Bond

12-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case

2005 Bond

12-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case

2007 Bond

5-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

2008 Bond

5-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

2004 Bond Magnum 4 Pack

4-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

2001 Bond Matriarch

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WE  94   
ST  91   

2004 Bond Matriarch

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
ST  92   
WS  91   

2004 Bond Matriarch

RP  93   
ST  92   
WS  91   

2006 Bond Matriarch

Light label condition issue

WE  94   
WS  92   
RP  90-92   
ST  90   

2007 Bond Matriarch

Label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  91   
ST  91   

2008 Bond Matriarch

Light label condition issue

JS  93   
ST  90   

2014 Bond Matriarch

JS  96   
JD  94   
RP  93   
WS  93   
VN  92   

2019 Bond Matriarch

Light label condition issue

WA  94   
JD  94   
VN  93   

2000 Bond Matriarch

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WS  93   

2003 Bond Matriarch

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WE  94   

2003 Bond Matriarch

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WE  94   

2004 Bond Matriarch

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  93   
ST  92   
WS  91   

2006 Bond Matriarch

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WE  94   
WS  92   
RP  90-92   
ST  90   

2007 Bond Matriarch

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WS  93   
RP  91   
ST  91   

2009 Bond Matriarch

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WS  93   
WA  91   
ST  91   

1999 Bond Melbury

WS  94   
WE  94   
RP  91-93   
ST  91   

2000 Bond Melbury

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  90   
ST  90   

2002 Bond Melbury

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  96   
WE  95   

2003 Bond Melbury

RP  97   
WE  94   
ST  93   
WS  90   

2003 Bond Melbury

1.5ltr

RP  97   
WE  94   
ST  93   
WS  90