2002 Pride Mountain "Vintner's Select Cuv̩e Mountain Top Vineyard" Sonoma County Merlot the 2013 comes across as

the 2013 comes across as a bit ethereal

The resulting wine is bright and direct

underlying minerality

accessible wine loaded with dark red berries

it is already displaying some complexity

2002 Pride Mountain "Vintner's Select Cuv̩e Mountain Top Vineyard" Sonoma County Merlot the 2013 comes across asRatcheting up the level of concentration, complexity, and persistence in the mouth is the 2002 Merlot Vintners Select (400 cases). An opulent, heady wine that reveals gorgeously melted toffee notes intermixed with blackberry and cherry liqueur, a hint of smoke, underbrush, and fabulous power and richness, this is extraordinarily pure, dense wine that is about as good as Merlot can be in California. (RP)