Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley St. Helena Home Vineyard 2008

Beringer Founder's Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2006: Dekantier-Empfehlung (1 Std. vorher belüften), empf. Trinktemperatur 16-18°C, in Barriques gereift (12 Monate), lagerfähig 3 - 5 Jahre ab Jahrgang,,Jahrgang: 2006Inhalt: 0,75 LRegion: KalifornienWeingut: Beringer VineyardsRebsorte: Cabernet SauvignonRestzucker: Restsäure: Alkoholgehalt: 0.14 Rotwein

Beringer Founders' Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 750ML

Firm, intense and concentrated, with spicy, loamy earth, dried berry, sage and herbal scents. Full-bodied, ending with chewy tannins and a dash of black licorice. Drink now through 2015.

The dark ruby/purple-tinged 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Knight's Valley exhibits aromas of sweet black cherry and cassis fruit, chocolate, earth, and subtle smoky oak, medium to full body, and a seductive, round, silky texture. Enjoy it over the next decade.

Several other great values emerge from Beringer, including the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Knight's Valley. A major sleeper of the vintage, this $27 wine will probably be marked down at discounters, making it a terrific value. This sexy North Coast Cabernet offers copious quantities of black cherry and black currant fruit intermixed with smoky barbecue, roasted herb, sweet cassis, and blackberry scents. Round and gentle with silky tannins, this is a plush red to drink over the next 5-8 years.

Rich, with loamy earth, currant, sage, dill and dried berry fruit that's very tight, tannic and compact. Should benefit from short-term cellaring. Best from 2010 through 2015.

Good red-ruby. Red currant and plum on the nose, plus a dusty element that blew off with aeration. Juicy and nicely delineated, with black cherry and cedar flavors brightened by green peppercorn. A fresh style, finishing with firm-edged tannins that call for a year or two of patience. Knights Valley fruit brings higher acidity and rougher tannins, notes winemaker Laurie Hook. "We try to get ripeness without an overripe, jammy character," she said, adding that some St. Helena cabernet and merlot are blended in to give more mid-palate flesh to this wine.