2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Displaying blue fruit notes ranging from mulberry and blueberry to cassis, this dense, weighty wine is not afraid to flaunt its personality. Coffee, anise and tobacco flavors can be found in its depth, while the finish lingers for over a minute. Tannic yet jammy Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from our 25-year old Rock Arch vineyard make up the backbone of this wine, while our more unctuous Quartz Hill and Rim Rock vineyards round out the mid-palate and add finesse. The blend is polished with 0.5% Petit Verdot to add acid and spice. Approachable when young by those who are not intimidated by its heft, this wine will reveal layers of complexity as it evolves over the next 15 to 20 years.
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Profile
| Appellation: | Napa/Sonoma |
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| Vintage: | 2005 |
| Harvest: | October 2005 |
| Fermentation: | Stainless Steel |
| Cooperage: | French Oak |
| Blend: | 95.5% Cabernet Sauvignon/0.5% Petit Verdot |
| Alcohol: | 14.5% |
| Bottling: | December 2007 |
| Production: | 1291 cases |
| Release Date: | March 14, 2008 |
| Price: | $125.00 |
- May 27, 2009 California Grapevine, April/May 2009
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Rating: 91
Medium-dark ruby color; attractive, herbal, cedary, cassis and blackberry fruit aroma with notes of green olive and vanilla; full body; forward, rich, textured, plummy, dark currant and blackberry fruit flavors with a touch of mocha and a pleasing mouthfeel; full tannin; lingering aftertaste. Approachable now though deserving another five years of bottle aging. Very highly recommended. - May 27, 2009 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, May/June 2009, Issue 144
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Rating: 93
Good full medium ruby. Crushed black fruits, licorice, sandalwood, tobacco and cocoa powder on the nose. Sweet and silky but juicy, with dark fruit and exotic spice flavors offering lovely inner-mouth aromatic character. This has a distinctly briary mountain berry aspect. The longest of (the Pride) offerings, with ripe acidity and rather powerful tannins giving it a big structure. - April 22, 2009 Connoisseurs' Guide, April 2009
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Rating: 92
The biggest, boldest and most extravagant of Pride's current crop of Cabernets, the Reserve is a wine of immense size and substance with a great sense of depth and a fruity heart to handle its lavish appointment of sweet oak. It may teeter on the brink of being a bit overdone, but, for all of its swagger, it never lets ripeness or oak take the reins, and its themes of concentrated cassis govern its flavors from entry all the way through to its moderately tannic, youthfully gruff finish. Put it away for five years at a minimum, and count on it getting better for up to ten more. - November 24, 2008 #35 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2008
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Rating: 96
2005 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve - November 24, 2008 The Wine Spectator, Nov. 15, 2008
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Rating: 96
Rich and complex, brimming with dense, opulent yet elegant layers of mocha, black cherry, blackberry and wild berry fruit that's pure, focused, deep and persistent, ending with mouthcoating flavors and ripe, fleshy tannins. Drink now through 2015. 1,291 cases made. –JL - February 01, 2008 Wine Advocate, Dec. 28, 2007, Issue 174
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Rating: (96-98)
Even more impressive (than the 2005 Reserve Claret) is the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve. Its inky/purple hue is accompanied by aromas and flavors of incense, pain grille, blackberries, blueberries, and cassis. It is a rich, dense, full-bodied, pure, layered effort that should drink well for 15 or so years
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