Pride's flagship 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is going to need a number of years to come around. Black cherry, plum, spice, new leather, licorice, lavender and mocha all open with a bit of time. This deceptively mid-weight Cabernet packs plenty of mountain punch. The Reserve is not an obvious wine, especially in comparison with what these wines were like a few years ago.

-- Antonio Galloni

Not all great Cabernets show off in their youth, and this is one that takes time to reveal itself. Its dark fruit and tight composition limits its first aromas to basic ripe cherries with side notes of loam and dried currants. As it airs, the wine adds in greater richness and delivers spot-on varietal character that, while still reserved, has plenty of depth to go with its Cabernet specificity. It is correspondingly tight and challenging on the palate at this point, yet it reiterates both its admirable focus and convincing depth. It is tannic, to be sure, in a way that young, ageworthy wines often are, and we suggest that it be laid away for five to eight years at a minimum. And a wait of a decade or more will not hurt.