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1995 Beringer Private reserve Cab

 

1995 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
1977 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon


 

Vintage Tasting Notes
A cool, rainy beginning to 1995 vintage lowered yields; however, the lengthened growing season resulted in the development of rich flavors and deep colors. According to Ed Sbragia, “patience brought success in this vintage.” Ed selected Cabernet from Bancroft Ranch, Tre Colline, Chabot and St. Helena Home vineyards for this wine, adding three percent Cabernet Franc from Tre Colline. Very, dark purple in the glass. The amazingly expressive nose almost defines great Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon—cassis and ripe wild blackberry melange, complimented by French oak spice. A very good year in a bottle.

PR Cab components: 37% Tre Colline, 34% Bancroft Ranch, 19% Chabot, 7% St. Helena Home, 3% Tre Colline Cabernet Franc

 

2007 Tasting Notes

  • Warm spices, cedar, mushroom, forest floor, blackberry, and coco-mint
  • “I think the 95 is just smoking!” - Ed
  • Earthy and floral notes
  • Intense and yet elegant

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