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1987 Beringer Private reserve Cab

 

1987 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
1977 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon


 

Vintage Tasting Notes
A very dry year combined with warm temperatures to produce a light crop of small grape clusters for the Cabernet Sauvignon, yielding a wine with rich, complex flavors and firm tannins. Wines from the Chabot, St. Helena Home and Bancroft vineyards made up the final blend for the Private Reserve; a small percentage of exceptional quality wine from the Sorensen Vineyard in St. Helena was added for its fruity, spicy flavors and soft tannins. The blend includes 7 percent Cabernet Franc. The wine is high in intensity and complexity of Cabernet flavors. It is a chewy, big wine with lots of tannin and sweet, dark fruits, tarry tobacco and chocolate. One of Ed Sbragia’s favorites.

PR Cab components: 56% Bancroft Ranch, 25% Chabot, 13% St. Helena Home, 6% State Lane

 

2007 Tasting Notes

  • Ed's favorite vintage
  • Such a big vintage, classic California vintage
  • Still tannic, everything’s intact
  • Dark black fruit core with lots of spice, cedar, white pepper, menthol and rich cocoa

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