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4 notes

1991

Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve

California · Napa Valley

A rustic and funkfied showing, with citrus rind and old dust infecting the "fruit" trying to poke through. The only saving grace for this wine was that it followed a 2013 Silver Oak, which was.um.…

Reviewed 9 September 2021
1991

Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Chabot Vineyard

Napa Valley · St. Helena

Two Beringer Chabots served side-by-side: 1991 & 1994. Not too much in the flavor department from either one beyond some vanilla cherry water/kirsch and wood notes. Flat and bland on the attack.…

Reviewed 3 August 2018
1994

Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Chabot Vineyard

Napa Valley · St. Helena

Two Beringer Chabots served side-by-side: 1991 & 1994. Not too much in the flavor department from either one beyond some vanilla cherry water/kirsch and wood notes. Flat and bland on the attack.…

Reviewed 3 August 2018
2010

Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve

California · Napa Valley

Flat, dead, and barely a wine I'd even remember trying the next day. Little-to-no acid, almost no frame to speak of, and a "core" of fruit that maybe resembled diluted black and red currant. 100%…

Reviewed 29 November 2016