2002 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley RP--92 WS--93

Wine Spectator: 93 Points
Score: 93 Release Price: $62 Country: California Region: Napa Issue: Dec 31, 2004 Designation: Collectibles A polished, seductive style, offering rich black cherry and blackberry fruit that's ripe and well-defined, with an overlay of smoky, toasty oak, folding together nicely on the finish. For all its richness and complexity, this is a graceful wine that's already fun to drink. Drink now through 2011. 6,500 cases made.--JL

Robert Parker: 92 Points
Wine Advocate # 157 Feb 2005 Robert Parker 92 Drink: 2005 - 2015 $75-$100 (65) The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon (5,000 cases made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon) is a supple, flamboyant, and more accessible version of the 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep ruby/purple-colored, with a classic nose of tobacco leaf, black currant, licorice, and smoke, the wine is medium to full-bodied, has a supple texture, an attractive textural mouthfeel in addition to a plush, heady finish. Drink it over the next 8-10 years. Readers who love the Bob Foley style of wines, and there seem to be many who do, should also know that he produces wines under his own name, and is also the winemaker for Switchback Ridge and Hourglass, two other up-and-coming estates.