As a follow up from my previous post on Food and Wine pairings with Beringer’s Senior Wine Educator, here are some of my tasting notes on Beringer’s Private Reserves, some of which are Jerry’s favourite picks. After a truly informative and mind stimulating workshop, there comes the time to just ‘chill’ for some. However, for myself, it was great to have tasted the following:



Beringer, 2007 Private Reserve Chardonnay
Tasting Notes: Stonefruits, nutty and apple bouquet on the nose following on to a nice concentration on the palate with apples, mild buttery notes and slight honeyed like complexity.

Beringer, 2003 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Tasting Notes: Nose showing leafy blackcurrants, black fruits with herbaceous eucalyptus notes while it is medium bodied on the palate with good balance and nice acidity, once again with blackcurrants, herbaceous green pickles on the mid palate plus some chocolaty notes.

Beringer, 2003 Chateau St Jean Cinq Cepage
One of Beringer’s single vineyard icons!

Tasting Notes: Truly Bordeaux like for the ‘Bord’ lovers with a bit more sunshine in my opinion!
The nose is showing funky earthy and black fruity nuances while the body is well structured, medium in depth with good concentration and intensity displaying black fruits, blackcurrant and dusty chocolaty oak. A well poised wine that is not over the top with vibrant acidity keeping it in check.

 

Always trust your PALate, it’s your PAL!
Cheers!