Last tasted earlier this year out of 750ml, we opened a magnum for a small wine dinner. It was still deep red, purple in color and could have been mistaken for a much younger wine. Blackberries, plums, chocolate and hints of licorice, mint and leather in the nose. Rich concentrated fruit, black currants, blackberries, and black cherries in the flavor with notes of chocolate. An elegant wine with nice complexity and acidity, full bodied, well balanced and a long lingering finish.
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This wine is still going strong. Beautiful nose and lots of dark fruit, some chocolate, and a little leather. Finish is a full minute. Drank over 2 hours and it started to fade at the end. Cork in great shape.
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Even better than our 2019 tasting, the 2003 Pride Reserve was smoking tonight with a grilled ribeye steak on Valentines's day. Deep ruby red color in the bowl and red on the edges. Rich concentrated fruit in the nose and flavor. Black cherries, plums, blackberries, and black currants, as well as chocolate, licorice, mocha, leather and hints of tobacco, minerals, mint, and earthiness. An elegant wine with nice complexity and acidity,, Full bodied, well balanced and a long lingering finish. Can't wait to open my last bottle (a magnum) in a few years!
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11/17/2023 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Last tasted earlier this year out of 750ml, we opened a magnum for a small wine dinner. It was still deep red, purple in color and could have been mistaken for a much younger wine. Blackberries, plums, chocolate and hints of licorice, mint and leather in the nose. Rich concentrated fruit, black currants, blackberries, and black cherries in the flavor with notes of chocolate. An elegant wine with nice complexity and acidity, full bodied, well balanced and a long lingering finish.
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6/27/2023 - CRL Stc Likes this wine: 95 Points
This wine is still going strong. Beautiful nose and lots of dark fruit, some chocolate, and a little leather. Finish is a full minute. Drank over 2 hours and it started to fade at the end. Cork in great shape.
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5/1/2023 - johnwine wrote:
50% Napa and 50% Sonoma
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2/14/2023 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Even better than our 2019 tasting, the 2003 Pride Reserve was smoking tonight with a grilled ribeye steak on Valentines's day. Deep ruby red color in the bowl and red on the edges. Rich concentrated fruit in the nose and flavor. Black cherries, plums, blackberries, and black currants, as well as chocolate, licorice, mocha, leather and hints of tobacco, minerals, mint, and earthiness. An elegant wine with nice complexity and acidity,, Full bodied, well balanced and a long lingering finish. Can't wait to open my last bottle (a magnum) in a few years!
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6/20/2022 - hm$ Likes this wine: 94 Points
Really lovely now, tannin completely integrated, not too much oak. Great calicab
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