Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2020 vintage. Medium body. Pleasantly oily without being unctuous. Oodles of stone fruit and citrus with that anticipated and desired mineral underbelly. Finishes lighter and cleaner on the end palate than the experience thru the start, then mid-palate. Butcher’s prep. Mostly lean but just enough fat to stick with this cut consistently. In a word-revelatory. 4.10.24. — a month ago

Will Galloway

9.2

Sweet all the way throughout. Can actually taste the bourbon finish. Lots of rich dark fruit. — 3 months ago

"Odedi"

9.3

Pride Mountain Vineyards Reserve Claret 2013, Sonoma County, California

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday.

This is a delicious Merlot based Bordeaux blend from from Sonoma County.

Full bodied with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with blackberries, chocolates, black currants, black plums, black cherries, cedar, vanilla, light earth, licorice and light coffee.

Long finish with medium tannins.

This 10-year-old is drinking very nicely now, and it will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years. Would be nice to visit it again in 5 years.

Showing nice complexity with a great mouthfeel. Elegant and rich. Powerful and fruit forward.

Drinking very much like a Napa Cabernet.

Good right out of the bottle and better with airtime. Good by itself or with food.

A blend of 62% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot. 14% of the grapes are from Napa Valley. Aged in French oak barrels for 22 months. A small production of only 450 cases.

14.8% alcohol by volume.

93 points.

$200. — 6 months ago

Jess

9.0

Medium purple color.
Aromas of violet, blackcurrant, blackberry.
Dry. Flavors of blackcurrant, blackberry, violet. Medium, silky tannins.

Intensity: 5/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — a month ago

Jess

9.0

Medium-pale ruby color.
Aromas of red fruit.
Dry. Flavors of cherry, raspberry, strawberry floral. Soft, supple tannins.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 2 months ago

Robin Bundy

9.1

Too soon? Getting ready for the holiday. Kinda on the sweet peachy side. Drinking with crab legs. — 5 months ago

Alan Hyde

9.0

Very underwhelming. Higher tannins than expected too. — 7 months ago

leon egozi

9.5

305 group annual 10 yr Napa cab retrospective — a month ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

2 1/2 hour decant and still shows semi-resolved, round, meaty tannins. I can only imagine how big this wine was at release.

Silly, silly. Dark chocolate cooking bar, smooth expresso, sweet tarriness, anise-black licorice, mocha, caramel, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanillin, dark, resolved spice, blackberries, black raspberries, black plum & very, dark cherries. Fresh & candied, lavender, violets round acidity, balance, nice tension, structure, well knitted and really well polished lush, finish that lasts 90 seconds.

Yes, there are Sonoma Cabernet producers that stand right in there w/ Napa. This is certainly one. — a month ago

Timothy

9.3

Laura Catena la winemaker, seda y fruta, muy bueno — 6 months ago