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99 James Suckling -
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Breathtaking. Exceptional integration of super ripe blackberries and the very finest oak. The tannins build up beautifully, forming wave upon wave as the wine flows across the palate. Then the wave breaks on your palate and shoots way out at the finish, so that you wonder where it will end and normal life begin again. Needs time to soften, but this is so, so good. Give it two or three years.
97+ Jeb Dunnuck -
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As with the 2015, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve shows the vintage beautifully and is more pure, classic, and elegant. Notes of crème de cassis, graphite, lead pencil shavings, and freshly crushed rocks give way to a medium to full-bodied, seamless Cabernet that has remarkable purity of fruit and impeccable balance. Made from 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot aged in 83% new French oak, it’s more reserved and backward than the 2015 and will benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and keep for two decades.
95 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
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Composed of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot aged for 20 months in 83% new French oak, the deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve sings of crème de cassis, kirsch, blackberry preserves and blueberry pie, with loads of chocolate box, floral and baking spices hints. Full-bodied with a firm, chewy frame and loads of savory accents, it delivers a long, multilayered finish. 13,304 cases produced, to be released in January of 2020.
Technical Details
- Blend97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot
- WinemakerMark Beringer
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationNapa
- VineyardSteinhauer Ranch (40%), Bancroft Ranch (15%) and Pauli (5%) vineyards atop Howell Mountain provide the foundation for the 2016 blend. Exceptional fruit from the Gamble Ranch in Oakville (15%), along with Saint Helena?s Home Vineyard (10%) and Chabot Vineyard (10%) join contributions from Mount Veeder?s Lampyridae Vineyard (5%).
- Aging/Cooperage20 months in French Nevers oak (83% new)
- Harvest Date9/16/2016
- Alcohol15.5%
- PH3.79
Beringer Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve 2016
Cabernet Blends | US
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2016 will go down as one of the great vintages in Napa Valley of the 20th century, maybe only overshadowed by the likes of 2013. The Beringer Private Reserve is an absolute knock-out in this great vintage. This vintage also showcases one of my favorite signatures of this wine...graphite and pencil shavings, something that always reminds me of a wine born from the gravelly soils of Pauillac rather than Napa. Don't get me wrong, this wine is not subtle or understated, it is Napa through and through, it just has some of the Bordeaux-esque undertones that give this wine such character and distinction. It is a bit more subtle in this vintage, cloaked in blackberry, French vanilla, blueberry pie, creme de cassis and baking spices. There is just such incredible purity and balance, and with a few more years in the cellar this wine will begin to SING. We have a small parcel of this incredible wine and it will not disappoint, trust your jaded Napa Valley wine merchant! While they last!
About the Producer
Beringer is known for establishing many 'firsts' as leaders in the wine industry. Beringer was of the first gravity fed facilities and among the first to operate using hand-dug caves and cellars. They were also the first to give public tours in 1934, starting a Napa Valley hospitality tradition, and are the first and only winery to have both a red and a white wine named #1 Wine of the Year by Wine Spectator Magazine.