Pride Mountain Vineyards Reserve Claret 2013

Bordeaux Red Blends

98 Robert
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Product Details

Varietal

Bordeaux Red Blends

Producer

Pride Mountain Vineyards

Vintage

2013

Size

750ML

ABV

14.8%

Features

Collectible

Boutique

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Winemaker Notes

Like the 2013 Reserve Cabernet, this year's Reserve Claret has a massive structure that guarantees it to be nearly immortal. The fruit is dense and ripe, with aromas of plum, baking chocolate, cedar, graphite and subtle floral notes. On the palate, the wine coats every surface of the mouth with its unctuous fruit, then gets comfortable and settles in for the long haul. This Claret is Pride Mountain's vision of the best of Pride's estate, a blend of 62% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot that is truly greater than the sum of its parts. It is a beautiful illustration of merlot at its best - supple, round and rich with gorgeous fruit, but with the big size that merlot rarely achieves outside of a mountaintop setting. The hefty dose of cabernet adds nuanced varietal character and even more size to this blend, contributing to its complexity and ageability, while the Petit Verdot brings acidity and subtle aromas of violet and freshly grated nutmeg.

Blend: 62% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Petit Verdot

Professional Ratings

98 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Close to perfection is the 2013 Reserve Claret, a blend of 62% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot, aged 22 months in 20% new French oak. There are 450 cases of this big boy (14.8% alcohol). This is a 30-year wine and a spectacular effort, with 14% coming from the Napa side of the property and 86% from the Sonoma County side. Dense opaque purple, with a glorious nose of chocolate, and espresso intermixed with mulberry fruit, blueberry and blackberry, it is fleshy, succulent, full-bodied, opulent and impressively structured. In fact, the 2013 tannic profile is alive in this wine, and thus I suggest 3-5 years of bottle age. Drink it over the following three decades.

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Pride Mountain Vineyards is situated on the Summit Ranch, one of Napa Valley's oldest grape producers atop Spring Mountain. With over 120 years of viticulture documented there, Jim and Carolyn Pride purchased Summit Ranch and their first vintage premiered in 1991. Today, Pride Mountain Vineyards produces Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Viognier and limited bottlings of Syrah and Sangiovese.

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