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1989 Beringer Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve

Cabernet Sauvignon: 750ml

$89.99

about this wine:

The Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is the utmost expression of each vintage and the terroir of the Napa Valley. The collaboration between winemaking and viticulture has been at the core of the Private Reserve program since the first vintage crafted by Ed Sbragia in 1977. Today, Winemaker Laurie Hook draws on her rich experience of working alongside Ed for over two decades as she blends only the best lots from these outstanding vineyards. Each vineyard is aged separately in new French oak for two years before blending, resulting in a wine of great elegance and structure.

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points awarded:
WA 90 WS 91

Neil Mechanic, JJ Buckley, March 2011

Light garnet with a hint of mahogany and brick rim. A perfectly aged claret nose of currant, dried fig, anise, sweet tobacco and cigar box develops after 20 minutes of aeration. Dried plum and tobacco dominate the front palate making way for woodsy spice on the mid-palate. Healthy acids and angular tannins are still keeping this wine lively on the palate with a creamy oak finish that prolongs the sensory experience. Drinking well at this juncture, this will cellar for another 3 to 6 years.


90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 1993

If you have given up on the 1989 vintage for California Cabernet, think again. Beringer's 1989 Private Reserve is one of the stars of the vintage. Unlike many of the hollow, aggressively tannic 1989s, this dark-colored wine is loaded with rich, chocolatey, blackcurrant fruit, and spicy, toasty oak. Although it reveals harder tannin than is found in the 1990 and 1991, the tannin is not out of balance. This long, rich, full-bodied, impressively-endowed Cabernet Sauvignon will benefit from 2-3 more years of cellaring; it will keep for 15 more years.


91 points,

Wine Spectator, August 1999

Complex, and at an ideal drinking stage, with pretty plum, black cherry, currant, anise and spicy notes, finishing with firm, softening tannins and a nice dose of creamy oak.


Neil Mechanic, JJ Buckley, March 2011

Light garnet with a hint of mahogany and brick rim. A perfectly aged claret nose of currant, dried fig, anise, sweet tobacco and cigar box develops after 20 minutes of aeration. Dried plum and tobacco dominate the front palate making way for woodsy spice on the mid-palate. Healthy acids and angular tannins are still keeping this wine lively on the palate with a creamy oak finish that prolongs the sensory experience. Drinking well at this juncture, this will cellar for another 3 to 6 years.


90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 1993

If you have given up on the 1989 vintage for California Cabernet, think again. Beringer's 1989 Private Reserve is one of the stars of the vintage. Unlike many of the hollow, aggressively tannic 1989s, this dark-colored wine is loaded with rich, chocolatey, blackcurrant fruit, and spicy, toasty oak. Although it reveals harder tannin than is found in the 1990 and 1991, the tannin is not out of balance. This long, rich, full-bodied, impressively-endowed Cabernet Sauvignon will benefit from 2-3 more years of cellaring; it will keep for 15 more years.


91 points,

Wine Spectator, August 1999

Complex, and at an ideal drinking stage, with pretty plum, black cherry, currant, anise and spicy notes, finishing with firm, softening tannins and a nice dose of creamy oak.


About Winery

Beringer Vineyards is the oldest continuously operating winery in the Napa Valley. In 2001, the estate was placed on the National Register for Historic Places as a Historic District. Jacob Beringer's foresight in recognizing the quality and potential of grape growing in the Napa Valley is part of the living heritage of Beringer Vineyards . With the present use of state-of-the-art technology applied to age-old traditions, Beringer Vineyards' wines continue to reflect a single-minded dedication to the making of memorable wines from great Napa Valley vineyards.

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