Tough and difficult to taste when first opened, this begins its transformation with a day of air. From black and bitter to a stream of red currants and earth, the wine is still aggressively tannic, but it shows that it could grow up into something extraordinary. Check on it ten years from the vintage, or if you open the bottle now for a steak dinner, decant the morning before you plan to serve it, or perhaps the night before.

There are 3,000 cases of this 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Its inky/purple color is followed by scents of pure cr?me de cassis intertwined with licorice, smoke, and cigar tobacco. Sweet tannin forms a backdrop for a wine of admirable texture, intensity, and purity. A tremendous experience to smell and taste, it should be at its peak between 2006-2020.

Medium-dark ruby with purplish tinges; attractive, spicy, complex, smoky, cassis and red cherry fruit aroma with overtones of vanilla and coffee; full body; big, intense, hard, highly extracted, red currant and black cherry fruit flavors with overtones of creamy oak; full tannin; hard, harsh finish; lingering aftertaste. Needs another three to five more years of bottle aging. Very Highly recommended. 14.1% alcohol; 3,304 cases; 100% CS; released August 2003.

Aromas of blackberry and blackcurrant liqueur, black plum and chocolate. Juicy, penetrating and brooding, yet at the same time sweet and seamless. High-pitched, highly concentrated flavors of black fruits and minerals. A powerfully tannic wine that finishes with terrific thrust. Compared to some of the other Pride 2001's this really demands a few years of cellaring, and may ultimately merit an even higher score.

"Barrel Tasting" Dark, rich and plush, with an unusual display of fruit opulence; polished blackberry, huckleberry and raspberry fruit is lush, deeply concentrated and long on the finish. Toasty oak adds a fascinating dimension.