If you’re looking for the best price for Beringer 2017 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, you’ve come to the right place.

Beringer Vineyards is California’s longest continuously operating winery, founded in St. Helena in 1876, and the only producer ever to earn Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year for both a red and a white wine. The Private Reserve program has been the estate’s flagship since 1977.

The 2017 is one of its most decorated releases: 98 points from James Suckling, who also placed it at #8 in his Top 100 Wines of 2020.

At typical US retail, this bottle runs $155 to $169. Casedrops members get it for $117. That’s up to 31% below what everyone else is charging for the same wine.

Beringer 2017 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Beringer 2017 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Tasting Notes

Deep garnet-purple, with fruit drawn largely from Howell Mountain’s volcanic slopes. The nose opens with black currant, baker’s chocolate, menthol, and spice cake, with cedar and violet running underneath. Give it a swirl and that menthol lift turns almost minty, a classic mountain-fruit signature.

The palate is firm and finely grained: blackberry compote, graphite, and mocha, with real freshness backing up the generous fruit. There’s density to spare, yet fine tannins keep the structure serious without ever turning heavy or hard.

The finish is long and perfumed, echoing dark fruit and cocoa. Aged 20 months in 80% new French oak, it’s drinking beautifully now and built to reward the patient through 2043.

Food Pairing

This is a Cabernet that wants protein and char. A dry-aged ribeye is the classic move, and braised short ribs are just as good, since the wine’s fine tannins and mocha depth wrap around slow-cooked beef.

For a cheese course, reach for aged Gouda or a sharp cloth-bound cheddar.

Serving tip: decant for at least an hour and pour at around 62°F. This is a young wine by Private Reserve standards, and a little air softens the oak and lets the Howell Mountain fruit take center stage. If you’re buying more than one bottle, lay a couple down and revisit them in five-year intervals to watch the wine evolve.

Awards

  • James Suckling: 98 Points. Suckling praised its purity of fruit and extremely fine tannins, and ranked it #8 in his Top 100 Wines of 2020.
  • Wine Advocate: 94 Points. Robert Parker’s team highlighted its firm, finely grained texture and long, perfumed finish.
  • Wine Spectator: 92 Points. Described as plush and forward, with everything knitting nicely through the finish.

Community drinkers agree with the critics: the wine holds a 93.5 community score on CellarTracker across dozens of tasting notes.

Where to Find the Best Price for Beringer 2017 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Casedrops: $117

What competitors are charging:

That’s a saving of $38 to $52 per bottle versus typical US retail, on a 98-point Napa flagship with two decades of drinking window ahead of it. Shop the Beringer 2017 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon at Casedrops while stock lasts.

Why Casedrops Has the Best Price for Beringer Wines

Casedrops is a members-only wine platform built around one idea: cut out the markups and pass the savings straight to members.

Instead of pricing acclaimed bottles at whatever the market will bear, Casedrops runs flash sales that put wines like the 2017 Private Reserve within reach at prices traditional retailers can’t touch. No inflated list prices, no games. Just verified critic favorites at the lowest price we can offer.

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