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Pride Mountain Vineyards:
2001 Pride Reserve Claret - A potentially perfect
wine, which is in bottle after having spent 30 or so months in
a combination of old and new oak. The practice under Bob Foley
is to first keep the wines in neutral wood as the selections
are made for the different cuvees and then, once made, move
the wines into new oak until bottling. The 2001 Reserve
Claret, which is a 450-case blend of two-thirds Merlot and
one-third Cabernet Sauvignon, is a spectacular wine, offering
up a dense purple color and a nose of lead pencil shavings,
blackberries, creme de cassis, chocolate, and espresso roast.
The wine is full-bodied, opulent, layered, with tremendous
purity and persistence on the palate. It is a stunning example
of mountain viticulture that can be drunk now, although it is
still an adolescent in its evolutionary development and will
age for 15-20 years.
2001 Pride Reserve Cabernet - A potentially perfect
wine, which is in bottle after having spent 30 or so months in
a combination of old and new oak. The practice under Bob Foley
is to first keep the wines in neutral wood as the selections
are made for the different cuvees and then, once made, move
the wines into new oak until bottling. The 2001 Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon (a 1,300-case blend of 100% Cabernet
Sauvignon aged 27 months in oak) offers gorgeously fresh,
lively, but super-concentrated fruit. Inky blue/purple to the
rim, with a spectacular nose of creme de cassis, licorice,
camphor, and a hint of vanilla, this wine is sensationally
rich, has remarkable intensity, a multi-dimensional palate,
and fabulous concentration and depth. It needs another 1-3
years of bottle-age, and should easily and effortlessly evolve
for 20 or more years.
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