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LOT 182

Lot 182

PRIDE MOUNTAIN RESERVE CLARET 2013 (2) WA 98

PRIDE MOUNTAIN RESERVE CLARET 2013 (2) WA 98
Lot 182 Details
PRIDE MOUNTAIN RESERVE CLARET 2013

Napa Valley.

Close to perfection is the 2013 Reserve Claret, a blend of 62% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot, aged 22 months in 20% new French oak. There are 450 cases of this big boy (14.8% alcohol). This is a 30-year wine and a spectacular effort, with 14% coming from the Napa side of the property and 86% from the Sonoma County side. Dense opaque purple, with a glorious nose of chocolate, and espresso intermixed with mulberry fruit, blueberry and blackberry, it is fleshy, succulent, full-bodied, opulent and impressively structured. In fact, the 2013 tannic profile is alive in this wine, and thus I suggest 3-5 years of bottle age. Drink it over the following three decades. October 2016 Drink: 2019-2051 WA 98

2 bts.    per lot $600 - $900

Realised: $660
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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