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• SMagowan Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 3, 2024 - Did not expect much and this was a beauty. A wedding year wine for us. Aromatic and nice. Nearing its finish.

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• Bomb Cellar wrote: 94 points

  August 2, 2021 - Definitely aging, but still an elegant wine with incredible staying power. Drink it now if it’s still around.

• McKraftyWino Likes this wine: 97 points

  April 12, 2019 - outstanding
  gorgeous nose
  rolls over the tongue
  finess
  and a california merlot? woozier!
  bravo beringer!

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• tastark Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 26, 2014 - I have had this wine on two separate occassions and it was great both times. Exactly what you'd expect from a 25 year old Napa Merlot; wonderful notes of cocoa, graphite, clove, and black cherry, along with wonderful secondary aromas of cedar and vanilla. Honestly, each bottle had a few more years left, at least.

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• vanpe003 wrote: 93 points

  November 28, 2013 - Bought this at the winery 10/2013. Gorgeous. Quite light on its feet, with notes of cherry / berry dominating the palate. Old school style, without the gobs of oak that seem to be more prevalent with modern merlot. Really a treat. I enjoy it even more than the score, for what it is and how it's drinking today.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1989
• Type Red
• Producer Beringer Vineyards
• Varietal Merlot
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Bancroft Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Howell Mountain

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• In Cellars 76 (39%)
• Consumed 121 (61%)

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