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Beringer Vineyards Chardonnay Private Reserve(1999)
- Winery:
- Beringer Vineyards
- Varietal:
- Chardonnay
- Region:
- USA > California > Napa
- Type:
- White Wine
- User Tags:
- oak, resinous, fruit, butter, caramel, chardonnay, isabella, white grape, (tree) fruit, pome
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June 2007
- This Private Reserve Chardonnay has rich, ripe layers of bright citrus, lemon peel, pineapple and smoky, toasty oak with sweet vanilla and butter notes. There's only one word for it: Delicious -Ed Sbragia, Winemaster As in past vintages, Ed Sbragia chose to barrel ferment and age the individual vineyard lots for the 1999 Private Reserve separately, matching each vineyard lot to new French Nevers oak barrels. Ed stirred the lees weekly during ten months of aging to encourage a smoky, nutty, toasty character and he put the wine through 100 percent malolactic fermentation to add a creamy, read more...
- The Wine Advocate
- 92/100
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June 2007
- James Laube
- Wine Spectator
- 07/31/01
- 92/100
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July 2001
