2019 Beringer 8th Marker Cabernet Sauvignon
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A wine that's not made in every vintage (it has been released in 2016 and 2019), the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon 8th Maker comes primarily from the estate in St. Helena (there's a small part from Howell Mountain). Offering a darker core of black fruits as well as plenty of spicy oak, graphite, and ripe tobacco, this full-bodied, concentrated, inky and powerful wine should benefit from 3-5 years of bottle age. It doesn't have quite the precision of the 2016 but nevertheless is an incredible wine.
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Primarily off the St Helena Home Vineyard, Beringer's 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon 8th Maker avoids any of the green notes found in the Private Reserve or the company's Howell Mountain-sourced bottlings. Wonderfully pure cassis and blueberry fruit are joined by subtle earth, cedar and vanilla shadings on the nose. Full-bodied and marked on the palate by spicy oak and ripe tannins, it finishes long and mouthwatering.