Better than the last bottle, reminiscent of a mature Napa Cab, even though it isn't.
Nose is subdued with only faint red berry, pine forest, and spice notes. On the palate, it showed that dusty red and black cherry fruit and cedar spice flavors that are in balance. Not overpowering and cloying like last time, the wine is transforming into a more elegant frame, suggesting more upside.
My last bottle, but this wine may improve for a few more years. Drink now with a decant, or to 2025.
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Served with grilled rib eye. Its a cabernet alright and have to agree with Gallionis review. Deep dark fruit but pretty one dimensional for a reserve. Struggling to find value for the price and why i have moved on from California Cabs.
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Remains a massive dark fruit wine. Enjoyed with friends in a series of three wonderful wines, a McLaren Vale Shiraz with sweet dark fruit, Pyrenees spicy Shiraz and this terrific Napa Cabernet …..a lovely night!
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Bold, dark fruits throughout. Blueberry, black raspberry, currant and spices build along with a silky and smooth mouthfeel. Subtle smoke and coffee flavors round out the tannins. Decanted 1 hour. Aging very nicely.
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Nose was hot initially before fading. Lots of dark fruit and earth along with a savory aspect, the wine is full bodied and quite extracted. A little ripe for my palate as it comes across a little cloying, although quite smooth. It certainly could use more acidity. Drink now -2022
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This is big wine. Originally decanted on New Year’s day, corked without gas and drank on Sunday, 4 days later. This is big wine, probably should have cellar another 8-10 years.
Black fruit, licorice, Smokiness of burning charcoals, herbal notes and finishes with oak. Tannins are dry, with a hint of burnt tobacco on the finish. A- 91
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Although it is true that this is not the quentissential bottle of Napa Cab, and not really true of the embodiment of the Beringer style, this wine is made to capture the nouveau wine lover who only appreciates Cabernet in an overextracted style. But that is where this wine takes a slight left bend. This wine does have complexity about it. Black fruit, dark chocolate, black licorice, some tobacco. But this wine is predominantly ruled by sweet black fruit with graphite mid-tones. Definitely more than a 90 and way beyond a sub90 rating. I think this wine is easily capable of going another 10 or so years. No hurry to consume these if you have em.
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Lovely texture. Big dark fruit, just enough acidity, mellow tannins still holding it together and a long dry finish. Very very good Napa Cabernet for the price ....glad we have more!
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I agree with D .Richmond. It's better PnP. Very smooth and balanced, great integrated flavors, BUT not very complex and short finish. Lighter style cab. There are many much better cabs at this $40+ price point. Bad QPR, but still a very enjoyable drinking experience.
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Unusual wine that I've had three times. The first and third times were PnP. The second time was aired for three hours. The PnP experiences were far better. If you air it, it's not as good.
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Absolutely plush and lucious. Fully ripe Napa valley fruit at its best. Chocolate, cedar some Indian spices, baking spices, still a bit big and tannic super concentrated and full bodied an absolute steal for what the consumer gets.
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Opened up my other bottle, since the first one a few days ago was slightly corked, and this one showed much, much better. A big, rich cab with cherry and cassis syrup. A hedonistic, plush style.
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It may be slightly corked. There's some rich cab fruit there, some tobacco, a little caramel, but it's a bit muddy. Since maybe it's flawed, I'll withhold rating. Does make me want to get a bottle that's coming through better.
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PnP, served slightly chilled. Really dark, big fruit, spice, some vanilla from oak. Velvet texture and just enough minerality to keep it fresh. Would buy again. Drink now.
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Quick 30 min decant. Dark garnet red. Nose of black cherry, rose, alcohol and cedar. Flavors are similar but with pretty high tannins and acidity this wine has a tart chalky quality to it. Heavy bodied. Well made wine that will likely improve for years but at the moment not distinguishable from many other like priced Napa cabs that don’t push full fruit extraction. 90 for now.
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This is the second time in a few months I've had this "Reserve" classification from Beringer's Knights Valley cabernet-planted vineyard. This wine could be better than the higher-priced Quantum (blend), but this time the wine was closed down, tight, and hard as nails. Even after an hour in a decanter it didn't come around. The second "knight", however, the wine starting revealing the classic softer cabernet I remembered from a few nights ago. Dark, dark fruit on the nose, and nice cola, cherry, and cassis on the palate.
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This wine opened up beautifully in 45 minutes. Young, but the promise of what is to come after a couple of years in the cellar! Dark fruit, full body, smooth finish (after airing). Perfect wine for the price!
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5/28/2022 - pmcellar Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is a rich, full body cab. The tannins are nearly perfect. Opened 6 hours before drinking which seemed to be needed. Served with beef. Excellent.
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1/7/2022 - SchlaepDog Likes this wine: 93 Points
Better than the last bottle, reminiscent of a mature Napa Cab, even though it isn't.
Nose is subdued with only faint red berry, pine forest, and spice notes. On the palate, it showed that dusty red and black cherry fruit and cedar spice flavors that are in balance. Not overpowering and cloying like last time, the wine is transforming into a more elegant frame, suggesting more upside.
My last bottle, but this wine may improve for a few more years. Drink now with a decant, or to 2025.
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8/27/2021 - Iam Redwood wrote: 92 Points
Served with grilled rib eye. Its a cabernet alright and have to agree with Gallionis review. Deep dark fruit but pretty one dimensional for a reserve. Struggling to find value for the price and why i have moved on from California Cabs.
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7/25/2021 - peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine: 93 Points
Remains a massive dark fruit wine.
Enjoyed with friends in a series of three wonderful wines, a McLaren Vale Shiraz with sweet dark fruit, Pyrenees spicy Shiraz and this terrific Napa Cabernet …..a lovely night!
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3/10/2021 - slabslovin Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Cola taste, degraded quickly in the glass.
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3/7/2021 - Dionysusx Likes this wine: 93 Points
Bold, dark fruits throughout. Blueberry, black raspberry, currant and spices build along with a silky and smooth mouthfeel. Subtle smoke and coffee flavors round out the tannins. Decanted 1 hour. Aging very nicely.
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7/17/2020 - SchlaepDog Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nose was hot initially before fading. Lots of dark fruit and earth along with a savory aspect, the wine is full bodied and quite extracted. A little ripe for my palate as it comes across a little cloying, although quite smooth. It certainly could use more acidity.
Drink now -2022
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4/3/2020 - Tsliwinski wrote: 92 Points
Big CA cab coming of its own. Nice big red fruit and tamed tannins
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1/5/2020 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is big wine. Originally decanted on New Year’s day, corked without gas and drank on Sunday, 4 days later. This is big wine, probably should have cellar another 8-10 years.
Black fruit, licorice, Smokiness of burning charcoals, herbal notes and finishes with oak. Tannins are dry, with a hint of burnt tobacco on the finish. A- 91
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12/9/2019 - mflesh wrote: 92 Points
Although it is true that this is not the quentissential bottle of Napa Cab, and not really true of the embodiment of the Beringer style, this wine is made to capture the nouveau wine lover who only appreciates Cabernet in an overextracted style. But that is where this wine takes a slight left bend. This wine does have complexity about it. Black fruit, dark chocolate, black licorice, some tobacco. But this wine is predominantly ruled by sweet black fruit with graphite mid-tones. Definitely more than a 90 and way beyond a sub90 rating. I think this wine is easily capable of going another 10 or so years. No hurry to consume these if you have em.
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10/31/2019 - peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely texture.
Big dark fruit, just enough acidity, mellow tannins still holding it together and a long dry finish.
Very very good Napa Cabernet for the price ....glad we have more!
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10/23/2019 - wcf1946 Likes this wine: 90 Points
I agree with D .Richmond. It's better PnP. Very smooth and balanced, great integrated flavors, BUT not very complex and short finish. Lighter style cab. There are many much better cabs at this $40+ price point. Bad QPR, but still a very enjoyable drinking experience.
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8/2/2019 - travelme Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great bottle and QPR. Really enjoyed this one. More notes to follow.
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7/15/2019 - HorstPeak Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decant 90 minutes, full body and could have laid this down for another 5 years...
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6/7/2019 - bomba503 wrote: 91 Points
Much better than prior bottles.
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5/27/2019 - D. Richmond wrote: 92 Points
Unusual wine that I've had three times. The first and third times were PnP. The second time was aired for three hours. The PnP experiences were far better. If you air it, it's not as good.
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2/17/2019 - jstrovel@gmail.com wrote: flawed
corked
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1/5/2019 - grapin'mad wrote: 92 Points
Excellent. Big. Full body. Fruit and earthy
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10/13/2018 - BostonWino Likes this wine: 92 Points
Absolutely plush and lucious. Fully ripe Napa valley fruit at its best. Chocolate, cedar some Indian spices, baking spices, still a bit big and tannic super concentrated and full bodied an absolute steal for what the consumer gets.
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5/22/2018 - pgm wrote: 90 Points
Opened up my other bottle, since the first one a few days ago was slightly corked, and this one showed much, much better. A big, rich cab with cherry and cassis syrup. A hedonistic, plush style.
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5/20/2018 - pgm wrote:
It may be slightly corked. There's some rich cab fruit there, some tobacco, a little caramel, but it's a bit muddy. Since maybe it's flawed, I'll withhold rating. Does make me want to get a bottle that's coming through better.
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4/29/2018 - feinwine Likes this wine:
Love this!!!
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4/6/2018 - Sniffy-Sniff Likes this wine: 92 Points
PnP, served slightly chilled. Really dark, big fruit, spice, some vanilla from oak. Velvet texture and just enough minerality to keep it fresh. Would buy again. Drink now.
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1/14/2018 - RockyII Likes this wine: 90 Points
Quick 30 min decant. Dark garnet red. Nose of black cherry, rose, alcohol and cedar. Flavors are similar but with pretty high tannins and acidity this wine has a tart chalky quality to it. Heavy bodied. Well made wine that will likely improve for years but at the moment not distinguishable from many other like priced Napa cabs that don’t push full fruit extraction. 90 for now.
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11/8/2017 - Gnieboer Likes this wine: 89 Points
Drank over two days, was improved on the second.
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9/2/2017 - passion4wine Likes this wine: 90 Points
This is the second time in a few months I've had this "Reserve" classification from Beringer's Knights Valley cabernet-planted vineyard. This wine could be better than the higher-priced Quantum (blend), but this time the wine was closed down, tight, and hard as nails. Even after an hour in a decanter it didn't come around. The second "knight", however, the wine starting revealing the classic softer cabernet I remembered from a few nights ago. Dark, dark fruit on the nose, and nice cola, cherry, and cassis on the palate.
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2/11/2017 - Ebartone Likes this wine: 93 Points
Big wine, full, inky, and balanced. Surprisingly multi-dimensional for a Sonoma cab / Knights valley - really well done!
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12/6/2016 - e7seed@msn.com wrote: 89 Points
Open and drink day two.
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11/22/2016 - Double-A wrote: 85 Points
Inky colour. Dark, rich and concentrated . Weighty, warming and chewy finish.
3/5
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10/28/2016 - nollenfm Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine opened up beautifully in 45 minutes. Young, but the promise of what is to come after a couple of years in the cellar! Dark fruit, full body, smooth finish (after airing). Perfect wine for the price!
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