The Bond wines sit side-by-side with Bill Harlan’s lofty ambition to create a Napa Valley first-growth at Harlan Estate. Bond is an exploration of the diversity of the very best of Napa terroir, as expressed through Cabernet Sauvignon. The name Bond evokes the long-term alliance between the owners, growers and winemakers who have combined to made it possible. Vecina comes from east-facing terraces that get the full morning sun and a bracing dose of San Pablo Bay wind. On the other side of the valley, St Eden is from iron-rich volcanic soils, and tends towards the more opulent and exotic. Melbury comes from a rocky hillside above Lake Hennessey. Quella lies on an old Spring Valley riverbed, on cobblestones and volcanic ash. Pluribus is the highest of the sites, on the steep, difficult slopes of Spring Montain. Each one of these is a Napa grand cru. (NT 03/04/24)