Community Tasting Notes 13

• ewasowicz Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 15, 2022 - This wine has with stood the test of time.
  I might need to update this in 24 hours.
  Very low tanins, with a great lasting finish of a nice cab.

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• WetRock wrote:

  November 21, 2019 - Lots going on. Seems to vacillate between a more forward Napa expression and that classic graphite Cab thing. Good either way. Not tired yet but certainly in a spot where you want to think about popping this. Terrific under the radar bottling. This ages better than the the private reserve in my limited experience.

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• stesla Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 23, 2017 - Very nice old wine. Fully integrated but little fruit remaining. Should be consumed in the next year.

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• zazoo wrote: 94 points

  February 4, 2015 - Still hanging in there . enjoyed more than I expected.

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• Motz wrote: 91 points

  March 12, 2014 - Not at all what I expected. This wine could pass for an aged Rioja. The nose shows mostly integrated oak elements; the wine must have undergone heavy oak treatment. The palate is soft, with excellent acid and very low tannin. I agree with Rezy13 that this is not a particularly complex wine...unless one were to count the diverse oak elements as layers. I would have appreciated the opportunity to sneak this into a blind Rioja tasting. Most tasters probably would not have been able to single it out. Stylistically, for those that appreciate Rioja-like wines, this probably has not peaked, as the acid is going strong. Not my thing, but without flaws.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Beringer Vineyards
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Chabot Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation St. Helena

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• Consumed 73 (41%)

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