Community Tasting Notes 38

• Pinotfanbg Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 24, 2022 - Two bottles opened for Christmas Eve dinner with the family to accompany a Morgan Ranch prime rib roast. Opened about four hours before the meal to decant. After 25 years in the cellar this looks and smells as fresh as a three year old bottle. Dark purple color. A big, rich wine but very balanced blue black fruit flavors, a bit of coffee, well absorbed oak flavors. Finishes very fresh on the fine grained, silky tannins. A real wowzer for a 25 year old bottle. This could go on to drink well for 50 years. Well done Bob Foley. The Morgan Ranch roast was great too. It came well trimmed out. The only addition was a salt, pepper and garlic rub. Roasted low and slow for about three hours. An amazing piece of beef that everyone enjoyed.

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• levinml wrote: 90 points

  June 9, 2021 - Consistent with my notes from almost 3 years ago. I just never got any real pleasure out of this wine. Fruit may have been there offsetting the tannin and structure, but could never really get to it. Even second night under pump and a couple hours in the glass, this never rose anywhere near my level of expectations.

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• dbg wrote:

  May 7, 2021 - Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Dark red, orward expansive nose of cassis, dark berries, cedar. Very full-bodied, layered lush ripe fruits, well-integrated oak, tannins and acid keep it in balance, long lush finish. Excellent. Drinking really well now and should continue to do so for another 5-10 years or more.

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• Lipsman wrote: 91 points

  October 31, 2020 - Plum color edge to edge. Still young, tannic, and alcoholic. The fruit may outlive the tannin but the alcohol will outlive both. Does seem to be coming around with delicious plummy fruit just peeking out from behind the iron curtain of tannins, and a hot finish. Everything tones down nicely after a couple of hours in the decanter.

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• Schwarzer Hund Likes this wine:

  September 30, 2020 - Dark red with no signs of age, the cassis and dark berry nose was slight at first improving over time (probably needed 2-3 hours of air, except we drank it), blackberry, black raspberry, current fruit with anise and tobacco notes, nice balance now, tannins have finally integrated, long smooth finish with no alcohol heat. Very enjoyable with grilled double lamb chops. Purchased from winery upon release.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Pride Mountain Vineyards
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Codes 767191700170, 767191700989

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• Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
• In Cellars 435 (54%)
• Consumed 376 (46%)

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