2003 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (124) Avg Score: 91.0 points

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  11/3/2022 - hrazdiiv Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I'm much more positive in this wine that most of the recent reviews, and think this is a beautiful example of stylistic, mature California Cabernet. Still has a nice medium-to-slightly-dark red. Nose is wonderful - forest floor, cassis, tobacco all secondary notes playing well alongside the (still present) primary dark blue fruits. Tannins are mostly sanded down at this point but the finish still shows beautiful balance almost 20 years on. I still think it has room to run actually - given the nice balance, I still anticipate this will be drinking well 5yrs and perhaps even 10yrs from now. Drank from magnum.

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  10/26/2022 - ravbik wrote: 91 Points

  Mature . Nice cab

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  5/1/2022 - BrunelloBob wrote: 91 Points

  Auction purchase. My prior note aside, this is colored and drinking older than expected. Still, delicious. Maybe drink over he next three years, and expect variability.

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  7/26/2021 - LoireFan wrote: 88 Points

  This was sad. Too sweet, not classic PR.

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  7/25/2021 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  P'n'P: This is the most recent vintage I've had of this wine, as I am still otherwise consuming my mid 90s bottlings. Far more candied style fruit than I expected from this vintage or producer. A pleasant wine and very well made as expected.

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