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WTN: 1999 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

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WTN: 1999 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

by Redwinger » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:38 am

1999 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

Decanted for 90 minutes...significant sediment.
Deep red, almost black color. The nose was dominated by black fruit, blueberries, oak and a swampy aroma that reminded me of "dime store turtle water".** Fortunately this swampiness blew off after a few minutes in the decanter. Overall, this bottle was a definite disappointment. Yeah, the flavors were pleasant enough, but it lacked excitement/cut. The tannins were soft and just about completely resolved. The finish was clipped/short.

I'm hoping this was just a weird bottle or I caught it in a 'tweener stage as I have 5 more in the cellar. It was definitely not worth the tariff, which IIRC was $35-$40 upon release.

Anyone else tasted this recently?

Bill

** A tip of the hat to Kim Adams for originally coining this descriptor.
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Re: WTN: 1999 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

by ClarkDGigHbr » Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:38 pm

For your sake, I hope it was just an off bottle.

My only previous experience with Pride was very favorable. A few years ago, a bottle of the 1997 Pride easily took first place at a Cabernet Sauvignon blind tasting by our tasting group.

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