Another winner, the 2007 Cabernet Franc is slightly more closed and tannic than the Merlot. It reveals notes of herbs, cedar, spice box, and fruit, beautiful density, sweet tannin, and a mid-weight feel in the mouth. It should drink nicely for 10-12 years.

Remarkably supple, elegant and refined, displaying rich, ripe berry, chocolate, anise, espresso bean and cedar. Full-bodied, trim and focused, ending with the right mix of acidity and tannins. Drink now through 2017. 1,295 cases made. –JL

A lovely Cabernet Franc, one of the best on the market. Shows classic Pride Mountain characteristics of ripeness, balance and immediate drinkability, although it will take a few years in the cellar. Dry and full-bodied, it’s rich in black cherries, spices and oak, with firm tannins. Now–2013.

14% Merlot; 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Perhaps it is this wine’s hilltop provenance that is responsible for taking away some of its varietal focus, but, that quibble aside, this is a fulsome, deep, rich rendition nonetheless, and if treated as a ripe Bordeaux mix, its closest analogy, it is a wine worth knowing. Very full in body and fleshy in feel with plenty of ripe black cherry fruit in evidence but virtually none of C. Franc’s herbal or tight sides, it is armed with a fair bit of finishing energy.

Good red-ruby. Perfumed, rather delicate aromas of plum, cherry, blueberry, spices, flowers and bitter chocolate. A sweet, juicy midweight with firm acidity and subtle flavor intensity. Suave more than powerful. Finishes with tannins that are firm but not dry. Lovely wine, and balanced to age.