The H&H Boal Single Harvest 2000 is a colheita bottling: an early-bottled vintage wine. (H&H prefer to use the term “Single Harvest,†a rough translation of “Colheita.â€) Atypical for the house, this is reserved and surprisingly understated, imbued with detail and quiet confidence. Clove, cherry, brown sugar and rancio notes beckon from the glass. In the mouth, it’s supple and focused, a rich caress of pixilated Boal flavors enjoined to a long and refined finish..
