1998 Pride Mountain Vineyards Merlot

Community Tasting Notes (50) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  10/23/2023 - Ravi Deshpande Likes this wine: 92 Points

  What a delight to drink an older Pride. The fruit forward merlot is still there but leaner than Pride would become in the 2000s. A little bricking but that has not touched the poise and freshness of this wine. It has some of the trademark and enchanting Pride perfume on the nose.
  
  I’ve loved drinking older Napa wines as they made the transition from the 90s to the bolder, more robust styles in the next decades. And in recent vintages it feels like winemakers are dialling down the fruit volume - a welcome development.

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  6/1/2021 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  This really stood out for me. Well made wine, perfectly aged, in a great drinking spot. Got me online putting in some bids for future bottles as well.

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  9/20/2020 - Vascular46 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Still has deep color and black fruit. Great pairing with rack of lamb

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  2/27/2018 - levinml wrote: 89 Points

  Drank over three nights. Definite bricking, and very dark color. Over the hill as fruit is faded, but still enough other stuff, balance and complexity going on to make in enjoyable. Hurry.

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  4/19/2017 - AlexHop Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Nice but a little past it's prime. Started out somewhat acidic but mellowed after a bit.

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