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4 notes

2006

Pride Mountain Vineyards Reserve Claret

North Coast · Napa / Sonoma

Relatively thin and diluted red currant, cedar, earth, and macerated red cherry flavors make for a seemingly tired wine that is trying to hold it all together but seems to be fraying with every…

Reviewed 25 May 2024
2012

Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

North Coast · Napa / Sonoma

An easy rider production of a Cabernet, with the softer contours of the 2012 vintage marrying with the now-ten-years-from-vintage maturity and resolution this wine brings to the table. A total food…

Reviewed 27 June 2022
2013

Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

North Coast · Napa / Sonoma

Notes of black cherry, black currant, and some spice. Decent grip and frame, but not super impressive mid-palate. The high resister acidic bite on the back end served well to cut through the rich…

Reviewed 21 November 2017
2013

Bevan Cellars The Impetus De Crescenzo and Tench Vineyard

North Coast · Napa / Sonoma

PnP with reserved notes of blackberry, black currant, asphalt, and slate. Muted and a bit clipped on the finish. My other half called it "quiet," and not really enveloping the palate with anything…

Reviewed 15 June 2016