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Pride Mountain Reserve Claret (Sonoma County-Napa County)

Pride Mountain

Sonoma County-Napa County · Napa-Sonoma · United States

Fact sheet

Type
Other
Grape
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot
Country
United States
Region
Sonoma County-Napa County · Napa-Sonoma
Appellation
Sonoma County-Napa County
Body
full
Acidity
medium
Tannin
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

carne assada · cordeiro · queijos maturados · estufados · carne de caça

Rated vintages

  • 201390 pts

    This robust wine is made from 62% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot. Herbal in personality, it retains a full-bodied ripeness of concentrated fruit, showcased in tobacco, leather and licorice. The tannins are sizable and grippy.

  • 201291 pts

    Candied ginger and licorice mark this dense, ripe Claret that offers subtle oak on the palate. Full bodied and robust, with layers of graphite, leather and dark chocolate, the 66% Merlot come from the producer's Lower Mountain Top vineyard block and the 29% Cabernet Sauvignon fr…

  • 201190 pts

    From a cool vintage, this blend of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Sauvignon is still tight, offering an elegance of rose, dried cranberry and herb around sizable but not puckering tannins. Flavors of cherry and strawberry shyly reveal themselves in the glass, but the wine should de…

  • 201092 pts

    The wow factor of this Merlot-based Bordeaux blend is undeniable. With the rest of the blend consisting of Cabernet Sauvignot and Petit Verdot, it's drinkable now, with notes of black currants, cherries, dark chocolate and oak. The tannins are gorgeous and the alcohol is high.