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Pride Mountain 2006 Vintner Select Cuvée Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $85
What a fine, beautiful wine this is. Shows every graceful aspect of a modern Napa Cab, from the perfectly ripened fruit to the unbelievably fine tannins and application of oak. Thrills the mouth with decadently rich black currants, crême de cassis, milk chocolate, anise and cedar flavors, but never loses an impeccable sense of balance and control. Best now, even…
— S.H.
(6/1/2009)
Pride Mountain 2004 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma-Napa)
- Cellar Selection
- $120
Youthful tannins star in this young wine. The wine is dry and balanced, with a fabulous core of blackberry, cassis and smoky oak. With a drop of Petite Verdot, which adds a touch of violets, this is one of the best high mountain Cabs of the vintage. Too dry and toughly astringent to drink before 2010; should develop well through 2016, at least.
— S.H.
(2/1/2008)
Pride Mountain 2005 Mountain Top Vineyard Vintner Select Chardonnay (Sonoma County)
- Editors' Choice
- Online Exclusive
- $47
Big, big, big. Make that huge, huge, huge. This Chard rocks. It’s done up in the grand Burgundian way, but all the bells and whistles can’t put a dent in the fruit, which is just, well, big and huge. Mangoes, papayas, pineapple custard, peach pie, macaroon, gingersnap cookie, vanilla fudge, buttered toast, all brightened with coastal acidity. Chardonnay just…
— S.H.
(3/1/2007)
Pride Mountain 2003 Reserve Claret Red (Napa-Sonoma)
- Editors' Choice
- $120
If you’re lucky enough to try this with Pride’s reserve Cab, which is 100% varietal, you’ll find this one fleshier and meatier. Based on Merlot, it shows a voluptuous fatness, a chocolate-covered cherry candy immediacy, that makes it drinkable now. At the same time, it has big, dusty, mouth-coating tannins. Drink now, with decanting, or cellar for 10 years.
— S.H.
(3/1/2007)
Pride Mountain 2000 Cabernet Franc (Sonoma County)
- Cellar Selection
- $52
It’s easy to make Cab Franc tasty almost anywhere, but difficult to make it great. Pride succeeds in the latter with mountain grapes that concentrate flavors. Lush, opulent blackberry fruit is exquisitely offset with rich oak and dusty tannins. The texture is fabulous, at once light and dense.
— S.H.
(12/1/2002)
Pride Mountain 2003 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa-Sonoma)
- Cellar Selection
- $120
What a wine. Take one of those hugely gooey, famous winemaker Napa Cabs, the kind that melt on your palate like butter on toast or chocolate in a microwave, and add fierce mountain tannins, and this is what you get. A humungous, dry, important Cab, one that desperately needs cellaring. Ten years should do it; 20 might be better. The spicy blackberry and cherry…
— S.H.
(3/1/2007)
Pride Mountain 1999 Merlot (Napa-Sonoma)
- Editors' Choice
- $48
What power and drama have gone into this wonderful wine. Sheer Pomerol, with pencil shaving, black cherry, cedar, chocolate and gamy-meaty aromas and flavors, tinged with violets, and the most voluptuous mouthfeel. Sheer hedonism right through the long sweet finish.
— S.H.
(6/1/2002)
Pride Mountain 2006 Reserve Claret (Sonoma-Napa)
- Cellar Selection
- $125
The Merlot that dominates this wine shows in the wealth of red and black cherries, but one-third Cabernet Sauvignon contributes its telltale signature of blackberries and black currants. New oak, however, dominates in the wine’s youth, giving caramel and roasted marshmallow flavors. Very fine, very concentrated and intense, and in need of cellaring. Give it until…
— S.H.
(5/1/2010)
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