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| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | |
| Appellation | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14%) |
| Drink window | 2025 - 2050 |
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FACT: In the Tab: Attachment you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are located almost next to the highway with plenty of parking. Click here for address
The 2018 Bond Melbury has a deep garnet colour and bursts from the glass with bold, intense aromas of fresh black cherries, mulberries and plums with hints of blackcurrant, cinnamon toast and Sichuan pepper. Medium to full-bodied, elegant and refreshing it is packed with crisp fruit with mineral accents that come through on the long finish.
The Melbury vineyard is located on Pritchard Hill, overlooking Lake Hennessy.
BOND’s Cabernet Sauvignon wines, sourced from select hillside estates, vividly demonstrate the breadth of Napa Valley’s finest terroirs. From over eighty vineyards worked with over the past quarter century, five sites have been slowly and vigilantly selected to produce only the finest expression of the land and have become Napa Valley’s absolute ‘Grand Crus’. Bond wines excel in beauty and aging potential. The small hillside Cabernet vineyards, ranging in size from 7 to 11 hectares, are the basis for BOND’s iconic wines. The very limited quantity and the fact that approximately 85% of the wines remain within America makes these wines extremely scarce in Europe. Bond is owned by the equally iconic winery Harlan Estate – the Mouton Rothschild of Napa Valley, so to speak.
The Bond bottles are all secured with an identification number and you can check these with a verification system, so you know for sure that you are dealing with a real Bond (there is more fake than real Bond and Harlan on the market) and also with a bottle that has not wandered around the world in dubious circumstances. Click here to identify the bottle, because with us you always have certainty that wines come from the winery and are real.
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | Californie |
| Appellation | Napa Valley |
| Icons | Icon USA |
| Winery | Bond |
| Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Drinking as of | 2025 |
| Drinking till | 2050 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 100 |
| James Suckling rating | 98 |
| Vinous rating | 98 |
| Tasting Profiles | Droog, Fruitig, Rood fruit, Soepel |
| Drink moments | Borrelen, Met vrienden, Open haard, Voor alledag |
Rating
(96 - 98)
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
NA
Reviewed by
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date
14th Jan 2021
Source
January 2021 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
A barrel sample, the 2018 Melbury sports a deep garnet-purple and sashays out of the glass with bold, gregarious scents of fresh black cherries, mulberries and plums with hints of black currants, cinnamon toast and Sichuan pepper. Medium to full-bodied, elegant and refreshing, it is chock-full of crunchy fruit with compelling mineral accents coming through on the long finish.
Melbury vineyard is on Pritchard Hill, overlooking Lake Hennessy.
As a reminder to readers, because it was not harvested before the fires, there will be no Bond Pluribus vineyard produced in 2017. Also, Melbury vineyard’s yields are down to a quarter of a normal year.
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98
Drinking Window
2028 - 2043
From: The 2019 Napa Valley Cabernets: A Deep Dive (Jan 2022)
The 2018 Melbury is, as always, the first of the single-vineyard wines presented at Bond. The order is always the same: Melbury-Quella-St. Eden-Vecina and Pluribus. I suppose that makes sense from the standpoint of concentration and structure, but it is quite penalizing for the Melbury, a wine that is more about elegance than power or tannins. That said, the 2018 is not a shy wine, it certainly has plenty of depth. Freshness, energy and verve are the signatures in a Cabernet that is all about intangibles. Hints of dark red cherry, tobacco, rose petal, mint and sweet spice emerge over time. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
- By Antonio Galloni on October 2021
The 2018 Bond Cabernets are phenomenal. Strong site expression, classic Napa Valley richness and vibrancy make these some of the most impressive and compelling wines of the vintage. If forced to choose, I would pick the Melbury and Pluribus as the most complete wines in the range, partly because I feel those wines don't always get their due. The 2019s, which I tasted from barrel, are a bit richer than the 2018s, but perhaps with a bit less delineation. That will be clearer once the wines are in bottle. For now, the 2018s are pretty magical. Winemaker Cory Empting and his team certainly got the best out of the year. That might seem obvious today in looking over these reviews, but the 2018s have really come together since I first tasted them in the spring of 2019, when the wines were shy, awkward adolescents.
(97-100)
From: Napa Valley’s Thrilling 2018s & 2019s, Parts 1 & 2 (Jan 2021)
The 2018 Melbury is fabulous. Bright, punchy and full of character, the Melbury is so alluring in this tasting. Sweet floral notes, crushed red berry fruit, mint, spice and blood orange explode from the glass. Medium in body, silky and arresting in its beauty, the 2018 is spectacularly beautiful. In 2018, Melbury stands out for its understatement and total class. What a wine!
- By Antonio Galloni on December 2020
I was blown away by the Bond wines in 2018. In a region that can sometimes be marked by a certain sense of sameness, the 2018s are remarkably pure and singular wines. In 2018, the signatures of each site are so well articulated that tasting through the range is really taking a tour through some of Napa Valley's most distinguished sites. A series of small and not so small refinements in farming and winemaking over the last few years is evident. The 2018s are bright, energetic and full of life.
The 2017s are, naturally the result of a far more challenging year. Production is down at many sites because of severe selection. Sadly, there is no Pluribus in 2017, as the entire crop was lost to smoke. The 2017s were fermented in a variety of vessels, stainless steel for Quella, wood uprights for St. Eden and a mix of stainless and barrel ferments for Melbury and St. Eden. Aging was 26-28 months, so a bit less than the norm at Harlan Estate.
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BOND's Cabernet Sauvignon wines, sourced from select hillside estates, vividly showcase the range of Napa Valley's finest terroirs. From the more than eighty vineyards they have worked with over the past quarter of a century, five locations have been slowly and vigilantly selected to produce only the best expressions in the country, and these are now among the absolute 'Grand Crus' of Napa Valley. The Bond wines excel in beauty and aging potential. The small hilltop Cabernet vineyards, ranging in size from 7 to 11 hectares, are the basis for BOND's iconic wines. The very limited quantity and the fact that about 85% of the wines remain within America makes these wines extremely scarce in Europe. The owner of Bond is the equally iconic winery Harlan Estate - say the Mouton Rothschild of Napa Valley (Grandcruwijnen is also an importer of this)
The 5 Crus of Bond are the
The wines always receive between 97-100 points annually from Parker, Suckling and Wine Spectator. Bond always releases these wines in small editions, but about 50% is only offered in an assortment box - the so-called Terroir box. This contains all 5 crus in a beautiful box and this box is a collector's item for every wine lover. Click here for the detailed map of the 5 crus and more background.
Grandcruwijnen is the Dutch importer of these iconic Bond wines and supplies the wine directly from Bond winery, so no parallel obscure imports. The Bond bottles are all secured with an identification number and you can check this with a verification system so that you know for sure that you are dealing with a real Bond (there are more fakes than real Bond and Harlan on the market) and therefore also with a bottle who has not roamed the whole world in dubious circumstances. Click here to identify the bottle, because with us you can always be sure that wines come from the winery and are genuine.
The labels of the 5 Bond wines are certainly special. In the spirit of innovation and continuous improvement, we have brought 19th century banknote identifications into the 21st century to improve the look of labels while adding extra layers to our security features. Using improved gravure technology (steel-engraved), we have applied intricate details and improved the tactility of the surfaces. People still use age-old mail ink formulations to give each cru its signature color and have enlarged the guilloche on the bottom of the label. This colorful disk, consisting of classic geometric turning, contains an algorithmic interference pattern that creates a "latent image". If you tilt the bottle and look over the surface of the label, the letter "B" will become visible, invisible to the eye if you look straight at it.
When developing the labels for the wines, they thought long and hard about how best to graphically convey everything that they wanted the domain to stand for: superior attention to detail, ultimate quality and timeless authenticity, thus trying to capture the culture of to capture the family business, the character of the vineyards and the relationship between product and customer in one image - all within the scarce space that a wine bottle offers with hget design focusing on vintage postage stamps and banknotes, both of which represented the assigned value and artistic were in nature. There was a strong appeal to the idea that the engraving and gravure printing of banknotes had been specially developed to meet the highest standards and to protect against the threat of counterfeiters. After much study and research, we were introduced to the American Bank Note Company, a company dating back to the earliest days of our nation that printed American currency and stamps right up to the time of the Civil War. In the end, we were given the rare privilege of searching their extensive archives.
The name BOND is a family surname of Mr. Harlan's mother. Moreover, it also represented the common bond, or alliance, to produce the best expression of the land. Finally, given the investment in banknote imagery and security awareness, one couldn't resist making the wine label after that most classic financial debt instrument - a 19th century bond certificate.
FACT: In the Tab: Attachment you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are located almost next to the highway with plenty of parking. Click here for address
The 2018 Bond Melbury has a deep garnet colour and bursts from the glass with bold, intense aromas of fresh black cherries, mulberries and plums with hints of blackcurrant, cinnamon toast and Sichuan pepper. Medium to full-bodied, elegant and refreshing it is packed with crisp fruit with mineral accents that come through on the long finish.
The Melbury vineyard is located on Pritchard Hill, overlooking Lake Hennessy.
BOND’s Cabernet Sauvignon wines, sourced from select hillside estates, vividly demonstrate the breadth of Napa Valley’s finest terroirs. From over eighty vineyards worked with over the past quarter century, five sites have been slowly and vigilantly selected to produce only the finest expression of the land and have become Napa Valley’s absolute ‘Grand Crus’. Bond wines excel in beauty and aging potential. The small hillside Cabernet vineyards, ranging in size from 7 to 11 hectares, are the basis for BOND’s iconic wines. The very limited quantity and the fact that approximately 85% of the wines remain within America makes these wines extremely scarce in Europe. Bond is owned by the equally iconic winery Harlan Estate – the Mouton Rothschild of Napa Valley, so to speak.
The Bond bottles are all secured with an identification number and you can check these with a verification system, so you know for sure that you are dealing with a real Bond (there is more fake than real Bond and Harlan on the market) and also with a bottle that has not wandered around the world in dubious circumstances. Click here to identify the bottle, because with us you always have certainty that wines come from the winery and are real.
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Region | Californie |
| Appellation | Napa Valley |
| Icons | Icon USA |
| Winery | Bond |
| Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Drinking as of | 2025 |
| Drinking till | 2050 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 100 |
| James Suckling rating | 98 |
| Vinous rating | 98 |
| Tasting Profiles | Droog, Fruitig, Rood fruit, Soepel |
| Drink moments | Borrelen, Met vrienden, Open haard, Voor alledag |
Rating
(96 - 98)
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
NA
Reviewed by
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date
14th Jan 2021
Source
January 2021 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
A barrel sample, the 2018 Melbury sports a deep garnet-purple and sashays out of the glass with bold, gregarious scents of fresh black cherries, mulberries and plums with hints of black currants, cinnamon toast and Sichuan pepper. Medium to full-bodied, elegant and refreshing, it is chock-full of crunchy fruit with compelling mineral accents coming through on the long finish.
Melbury vineyard is on Pritchard Hill, overlooking Lake Hennessy.
As a reminder to readers, because it was not harvested before the fires, there will be no Bond Pluribus vineyard produced in 2017. Also, Melbury vineyard’s yields are down to a quarter of a normal year.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
98
Drinking Window
2028 - 2043
From: The 2019 Napa Valley Cabernets: A Deep Dive (Jan 2022)
The 2018 Melbury is, as always, the first of the single-vineyard wines presented at Bond. The order is always the same: Melbury-Quella-St. Eden-Vecina and Pluribus. I suppose that makes sense from the standpoint of concentration and structure, but it is quite penalizing for the Melbury, a wine that is more about elegance than power or tannins. That said, the 2018 is not a shy wine, it certainly has plenty of depth. Freshness, energy and verve are the signatures in a Cabernet that is all about intangibles. Hints of dark red cherry, tobacco, rose petal, mint and sweet spice emerge over time. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
- By Antonio Galloni on October 2021
The 2018 Bond Cabernets are phenomenal. Strong site expression, classic Napa Valley richness and vibrancy make these some of the most impressive and compelling wines of the vintage. If forced to choose, I would pick the Melbury and Pluribus as the most complete wines in the range, partly because I feel those wines don't always get their due. The 2019s, which I tasted from barrel, are a bit richer than the 2018s, but perhaps with a bit less delineation. That will be clearer once the wines are in bottle. For now, the 2018s are pretty magical. Winemaker Cory Empting and his team certainly got the best out of the year. That might seem obvious today in looking over these reviews, but the 2018s have really come together since I first tasted them in the spring of 2019, when the wines were shy, awkward adolescents.
(97-100)
From: Napa Valley’s Thrilling 2018s & 2019s, Parts 1 & 2 (Jan 2021)
The 2018 Melbury is fabulous. Bright, punchy and full of character, the Melbury is so alluring in this tasting. Sweet floral notes, crushed red berry fruit, mint, spice and blood orange explode from the glass. Medium in body, silky and arresting in its beauty, the 2018 is spectacularly beautiful. In 2018, Melbury stands out for its understatement and total class. What a wine!
- By Antonio Galloni on December 2020
I was blown away by the Bond wines in 2018. In a region that can sometimes be marked by a certain sense of sameness, the 2018s are remarkably pure and singular wines. In 2018, the signatures of each site are so well articulated that tasting through the range is really taking a tour through some of Napa Valley's most distinguished sites. A series of small and not so small refinements in farming and winemaking over the last few years is evident. The 2018s are bright, energetic and full of life.
The 2017s are, naturally the result of a far more challenging year. Production is down at many sites because of severe selection. Sadly, there is no Pluribus in 2017, as the entire crop was lost to smoke. The 2017s were fermented in a variety of vessels, stainless steel for Quella, wood uprights for St. Eden and a mix of stainless and barrel ferments for Melbury and St. Eden. Aging was 26-28 months, so a bit less than the norm at Harlan Estate.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
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BOND's Cabernet Sauvignon wines, sourced from select hillside estates, vividly showcase the range of Napa Valley's finest terroirs. From the more than eighty vineyards they have worked with over the past quarter of a century, five locations have been slowly and vigilantly selected to produce only the best expressions in the country, and these are now among the absolute 'Grand Crus' of Napa Valley. The Bond wines excel in beauty and aging potential. The small hilltop Cabernet vineyards, ranging in size from 7 to 11 hectares, are the basis for BOND's iconic wines. The very limited quantity and the fact that about 85% of the wines remain within America makes these wines extremely scarce in Europe. The owner of Bond is the equally iconic winery Harlan Estate - say the Mouton Rothschild of Napa Valley (Grandcruwijnen is also an importer of this)
The 5 Crus of Bond are the
The wines always receive between 97-100 points annually from Parker, Suckling and Wine Spectator. Bond always releases these wines in small editions, but about 50% is only offered in an assortment box - the so-called Terroir box. This contains all 5 crus in a beautiful box and this box is a collector's item for every wine lover. Click here for the detailed map of the 5 crus and more background.
Grandcruwijnen is the Dutch importer of these iconic Bond wines and supplies the wine directly from Bond winery, so no parallel obscure imports. The Bond bottles are all secured with an identification number and you can check this with a verification system so that you know for sure that you are dealing with a real Bond (there are more fakes than real Bond and Harlan on the market) and therefore also with a bottle who has not roamed the whole world in dubious circumstances. Click here to identify the bottle, because with us you can always be sure that wines come from the winery and are genuine.
The labels of the 5 Bond wines are certainly special. In the spirit of innovation and continuous improvement, we have brought 19th century banknote identifications into the 21st century to improve the look of labels while adding extra layers to our security features. Using improved gravure technology (steel-engraved), we have applied intricate details and improved the tactility of the surfaces. People still use age-old mail ink formulations to give each cru its signature color and have enlarged the guilloche on the bottom of the label. This colorful disk, consisting of classic geometric turning, contains an algorithmic interference pattern that creates a "latent image". If you tilt the bottle and look over the surface of the label, the letter "B" will become visible, invisible to the eye if you look straight at it.
When developing the labels for the wines, they thought long and hard about how best to graphically convey everything that they wanted the domain to stand for: superior attention to detail, ultimate quality and timeless authenticity, thus trying to capture the culture of to capture the family business, the character of the vineyards and the relationship between product and customer in one image - all within the scarce space that a wine bottle offers with hget design focusing on vintage postage stamps and banknotes, both of which represented the assigned value and artistic were in nature. There was a strong appeal to the idea that the engraving and gravure printing of banknotes had been specially developed to meet the highest standards and to protect against the threat of counterfeiters. After much study and research, we were introduced to the American Bank Note Company, a company dating back to the earliest days of our nation that printed American currency and stamps right up to the time of the Civil War. In the end, we were given the rare privilege of searching their extensive archives.
The name BOND is a family surname of Mr. Harlan's mother. Moreover, it also represented the common bond, or alliance, to produce the best expression of the land. Finally, given the investment in banknote imagery and security awareness, one couldn't resist making the wine label after that most classic financial debt instrument - a 19th century bond certificate.
