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1987 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill

Removed from subterranean passive storage; Purchased at retail; Consignor is original owner

2 available
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Depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

Removed from subterranean passive storage; Purchased at retail; Consignor is original owner

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery; Consignor is former Beringer winemaker and original owner

Top shoulder fill

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery; Consignor is former Beringer winemaker and original owner

Base neck fill

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery; Consignor is original owner

2 available
Bid *

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery; Consignor is original owner

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

97Wine Spectator

Dark, ripe, intense and opulent, this is a remarkably complex and youthful wine. It serves up layers of currant, berry, chocolate, mint, herb and spice, finishing with firm yet supple tannins.

93Robert M. Parker Jr.

There are huge aromas of chocolate, spicy new oak, herbs, cassis and tobacco in this beautifully scented wine...it is full-bodied, voluptuous, spicy, and crammed with fruit, glycerin..

90Stephen Tanzer

Lively, perfumed aromas of cassis, raspberry and spicy oak.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,

TYPE

Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most widely grown grape varieties, it can be found in nearly every wine growing region. A cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. It’s a hardy vine that produces a full-bodied wine with high tannins and great aging potential.