2001 Cloud View Pritchard Hill

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  7/14/2023 - bubbachumps wrote: 94 Points

  In a great place, drink'em up if you got them. Just past peak so not getting any better. Delish! Thank you Thirsty1!

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  12/16/2022 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:

  Brooding dark purple with rust red rim. Earth, wood and dried berry. A fantastic wine for many, many years it is now in it's decline. It's all in the bottle and hasn't fallen apart. But not unlike an athlete that should have retired a few years ago, it is now past it's prime. If you have them, drink 'em.

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  6/20/2022 - Thirsty1 wrote:

  One of the few times I haven't enjoyed a cloud view. Not sure if it is over the hill or stored wrong, but it was off the mark. I had an 01 cloud view last year and it was spot on. Little musty with a high water table and red rim. It was like a sweater come undone. Meh bottle.

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  11/2/2021 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:

  The 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 Cloud View Vineyards wines were enjoyed side by side at Bourbon Steak with Rib Cap, grilled Vidalia onions and crispy brussel sprouts. The wines were left upright for a day, then opened with an ah-so at home an hour before dinner to keep the corks together, then quickly reinserted to minimize oxygenation. The clear winner was the 2002 - in full flight. Still exhibiting youthful fruit and towering structure, this beauty had weight, leather, dark hanging fruit and stunning aroma. Lingering, lasting finish. It still has much life ahead of it. The 2001 was a bit of a surprise. It was massive and brutish, but reserved. As if it were a towering building draped in a cape. The 2000 was a shocker. From a horrible vintage, it excelled. Not near the greatness of the other vintages there was no expectation it would be good, and it was - just to a lesser note. The 2003, 04 and 05 were fairly interchangeable; mature fruit, acid and tannins in balance. All delicious in their own right. The 1999 was the oldest and looked the part. It was brick around the rim and had that dried blackberry note, plowed earth and cocoa powder texture. It was the only one, aside from the 2000, that I would say was on the decline. Incredible wines on an incredible night.

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  12/5/2020 - mdefreitas wrote: 92 Points

  Very good, but lacking power and length. Starting to show some leather and other mature notes.

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