Burgundy and Champagne
Timed Online Auction, 28 August - 9 September 2024
Additional Finds
About the SessionAdditional finds, featuring wines from a Private Seller. The selection is an eclectic offering from California. Highlights include Opus One, Harlan Estate, Ridge Monte Bello and Pride Mountain Vineyards. We have curated a few mixed Chardonnay parcels from Steele Wines offering further variety and very good value.
About this Item
The Pride Mountain wine portfolio is produced from both Napa and Sonoma grapes, or a blend of both. Due to local labeling laws, Pride Mountain cannot put 'estate' on any of its labels – even when the fruit is entirely sourced from its own vineyards – as it falls across two AVAs. Instead, Pride Mountain labels its more premium wines with 'Vintner Select'. A large range of grape varieties are produced including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Chardonnay and Viognier.
Vineyards were first planted at the estate in 1869 when the property was known as Summit Ranch. The winery was constructed in 1890 and was burnt down during Prohibition in suspicious circumstances. It lay dormant until Pride Mountain Vineyards was established in 1990, with a new a winery completed in 1997. Pride Mountain's cave system cellar was finished in 2001 and houses 2400 oak barrels for aging.
The property covers 85 hectares, a majority of which are planted at high altitudes on Spring Mountain in the Mayacamas Range. This altitude provides ample rainfall in the vineyards requiring attentive canopy managment to ensure that vigor is kept under control.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
'Deliciously ripe and complex, overflowing with layers of exotic spice, mineral, sage, currant and blackberry, and finishing with a burst of flavor. Tannins are well-integrated. Drink now through 2010' - James Laube, Wine Spectator, 93/100 (Dec 2000)
'The outstanding 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon boasts a dark ruby/purple color as well as surprising opulence for a wine from this vintage, admirable elegance, abundant black currant fruit, a dense, chewy mid-palate, a fleshy texture, low acidity, and a tannic finish. It is a classic Cabernet Sauvignon with medium weight, as well as outstanding ripeness, richness, and balance. Drink it over the next 12 years.' - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, 90/100 (Dec 2000)
'Saturated, bright ruby-blue. Sappy, spicy aromas of cassis, blackberry, blueberry and roast coffee. Powerful mountain-style cabernet, with intense flavors of black fruits, licorice, shoe polish and wintermint, and strong underlying backbone. Here, too, the tannins are less sweet than those of the extraordinary '97 yet coat the entire palate. Not quite as superripe or generous as the '97, but then not many wines are.' - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 91+/100 (May 2000)
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