2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
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Pride's 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon its terrific. Grilled herbs, tobacco, leather and smoke wrap around a core of expressive dark, hillside-inflected fruit. Given the challenges of the year, the 2011 can only be described as an unqualified success. I would prefer to enjoy the 2011 over the next few years, while the fruit remains succulent.
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Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon is outstanding. A blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot, it was aged 20 months in 40% new French oak, and there are nearly 5,200 cases. A strong effort in this vintage, it boasts ripe black raspberry and blackcurrant fruit intermixed with underbrush and dusty, loamy soil characteristics. The complex aromatics are followed by a beautifully poised, pure, medium to full-bodied Cabernet with silky tannins and a precocious, lush personality. It can be drunk now and over the next decade.
(a 62/38 blend of the two counties; also includes 5% merlot and 3% petit verdot): Bright, moderately saturated red-ruby. Cassis, licorice, tobacco and tea on the varietally expressive nose. A step up in intensity and density from the merlot, with good vinosity giving the berry, pepper and herb flavors a sappy quality. Boasts a better integration of acids and tannins than the merlot. The crop level was very low here due to windy conditions that resulted in shatter during the flowering.