2000 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (54) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  11/17/2023 - Javachip Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Allowed to breathe in glass 1 hour. Clear inky dark garnet color. Wonderful notes of mixed black fruits and their liqueurs; licorice, fennel, bay leaf, sweet earth, mocha, bittersweet chocolate, vanilla. Bordeaux-like in its balanced restraint and sense of terroir. Full body, seamless, satin-velvet mouthfeel. Improved with air, held up fine under vacuum stopper in refrigerator for 4 days. Outstanding.

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  10/30/2023 - AndrewWill Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Underrated and underscored on this site. This 2000 Private Reserve smells of rosemary, cassis, blackberry, and some mesquite. Don't laugh--it reminds me of Haut Brion.
  
  Blackberry, black currant, coffee-rubbed ribs, cedar, and thyme palate.
  
  Tannins not completely resolved, which is nice. Gives this some backbone to uphold the surprisingly young fruit.

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  9/23/2023 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Red fruit, currant, candied cherries, jammy, pepper, cedar, fig, herbal notes, cassis, acidity on the finish. Lacks layers of complexity. It's fruit and herbs. It shows well for 23 year old wine, go at least 10 more.

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  1/30/2021 - Badgerchemist Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I found this rather fresh. I drank it towards the end of a night that included white burgundy, barolo, red burgundy, and a few other bottles. This surprised me with its freshness and still-present lush red fruits. It has definitely mellowed considerably with its age, though it is still nicely structured. I'd drink this now-its still quite delicious, but is likely to begin to retrace downwards in the near future.

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  1/23/2021 - maranoli wrote: 93 Points

  From Salmanzar, decanted 3 hours
  Deep purple colour, glorious ripe fruits.
  Evolved some over 2-3 hours.
  Wonderful expression of Napa cab.

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