State Lane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed between 10 to 25 years from the vintage date, as these structured Cabernets require time to soften their robust tannins and develop complex tertiary notes.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Slow-roasted leg of lamb with rosemary, grilled prime ribeye steak, or aged hard cheeses like Gouda and Cheddar.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Beringer's State Lane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon represents a historic chapter in Napa Valley's viticultural lore. Located in the Yountville AVA, the State Lane Vineyard was originally planted in the mid-20th century and became legendary under Beringer's stewardship during the late 1970s and 1980s. The vineyard's gravelly, alluvial soils on the valley floor yielded grapes of exceptional concentration and structural integrity. Beringer crafted this single-vineyard Cabernet with traditional long maceration and extensive aging in French oak barrels. The resulting wine is celebrated for its classic Napa profile: deep blackberry and cassis fruit interwoven with complex notes of dried herbs, cedar, and a signature dusty loam minerality. Though Beringer no longer produces wine from this site—which was later acquired and replanted by the Kapcsandy family—historic vintages of Beringer State Lane remain highly prized by collectors as benchmarks of traditional Napa Valley winemaking.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Beringer Vineyards blev grundlagt i 1876 af brødrene Jacob og Frederick Beringer og er i dag Californiens ældste kontinuerligt fungerende vinhus, beliggende i hjertet af St. Helena i Napa Valley. Som pionerer inden for tidlig vinproduktion i Napa udhuggede Beringer-brødrene kalkstensgrotter med håndkraft og etablerede kældre baseret på tyngdekraftsprincippet for at skabe raffinerede og lagringsværdige vine. I dag ejes det historiske vinhus af Treasury Wine Estates og viderefører en kompromisløs dedikation til terroirdrevet vindyrkning på tværs af de bedste parceller i Napa Valley og Knights Valley. Beringer nyder international anerkendelse for sine ikoniske Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon og Chardonnay, suppleret af komplekse enkeltmarksudgaver samt botrytiserede dessertvine som Nightingale.