Beringer, Napa Valley Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2005 The 2013 vintage was balanced

The 2013 vintage was balanced overall without the sudden heat waves we saw in the summers of 2011 and 2012

Just stays the right side of oak influence – the sweet vanilla character is apparent but not overt

its vinous core of fruit cloaks the vintage's brisk acids to achieve real plenitude in a year that's sometimes rather tautly austere

freshness and an elegant dose of fruit or phenolic weight

Beringer, Napa Valley Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2005 The 2013 vintage was balancedRichly fruited with a malt loaf style of aroma as well as blueberry, juniper and violet. This delivers way better fruit complexity than the monolith Napa Cabernet clich. Toasty, rich, proudly tannic. A good flag bearer. (RH)