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Monday, August 5th, 2024

Pride's Best Vintage EVER MADE

The Lowest Price in the Country

• 14 bottles left (only 3,451 cases were made) Pride Mountain Merlot Napa Valley 2020!

Dear Artisans,

We're pleased to offer you our rare and tiny allocation of Pride Mountain Vineyards, an iconic winery with a micro-production normally sold to their faithful mailing list—not to retailers.

In 1991, the talents of founding winemaker Robert 'Bob' Foley (Paloma, Switchback Ridge, Hourglass, and School House) would make the world love and respect Spring Mountain and brawny Mountain fruit as a whole.

Jim and Carolyn Pride purchased the property in 1989; not far from other high-elevation icons like Smith-Madrone and Spring Mountain Vineyards. Climbing up to 2,100 feet above the valley floor, the Pride Mountain estate remains one of the most breathtaking in the country.

Their wines have proven to age beautifully and effortlessly for 20 years and probably longer. All of the decades we've tasted have blown us away.

Their Merlot destroys any preconceived notions about the grape—guaranteed. 14 bottles remain.

All my best,

—James Tran

2020 Pride Mountain Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot

93 Points - Wine Enthusiast:

Alluring oak spices and a touch of dusty earth crowd the aroma of this full-bodied wine before ripe, focused, well-delineated black fruit flavors take over, wrapped in significant, silky tannins for great structure. Tempting to drink now, but it'll be best 2026–2036.

92 Points - Vinous:

"The 2020 Merlot is a racy, extroverted wine. Super-ripe dark cherry, plum, chocolate, spice and espresso are nicely dialed up. All the elements come together beautifully in this exuberant, forward Merlot from Pride."

BLEND: 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot

ALCOHOL: 14.3%

PRODUCTION: 3451 cases