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16¾/20
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Knights Valley, Sonoma County, California, United StatesThis is one of six notes written during a Late September vertical of Beringer’s Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from 2009-2014. Beringer has been harvesting grapes from Knights Valley vineyards since the mid-1960’s. The narrow valley is almost a bridge AVA between Napa and Sonoma famous for its cobbled alluvial soils. The Knights Valley designation first appeared on a Beringer label in 1974 and the company was instrumental in garnering official recognition for the area in 1983 when it was designated an American Viticulture Area (AVA). In 2013 the mix is 89/6/3/2/ cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, petit verdot. The grapes are harvested lot by lot and vinified and aged separately prior to the blend. It’s all aged for 14 months in 23 percent new French oak. This is a richer, warmer blockbuster style with cassis and blackberry fruit dominating on the nose and palate. Warm and powerful it is more Napa than Sonoma this year. Still youthful with considerable tannin yet to shed, some will drink this now but not me. If you must open a bottle make sure you have some rare T-bone steaks for dinner.Tasted: 22 September 2017Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $42.99 | 750ml | BCLS |
Grape: Cabernet SauvignonCSPC: 352583UPC: 089819003471
