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Beringer, Private Reserve Bancroft Ranch Merlot, Howell Mountain

Beringer

LWIN: 2825913

California · Howell Mountain

Beringer, Private Reserve Bancroft Ranch Merlot, Howell Mountain has sold at auction 21 times in the last five years across all vintages, at a median of $49 per 750ml. The most traded vintages are 1999, 1997 and 2001.

Auction median, all vintages

$49

21 sales · $24–62 middle half

Last auction sale

Oct 23

2026

Prices by vintage

VintageAuction medianSales (5 yrs)Lowest retail nowLast sale
1999$248–Oct 30, 2025
1997$626$78Oct 23, 2026
2001$495–Oct 30, 2025
2000$652–Nov 7, 2025

Live auction lots (2)

Sellers in all countries · 2 lots

$39per 750ml incl. premium51% below retail

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K&L Wine Auctions - 2026-10

1997 · Lot 2079857 · Qty 5

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$70per 750ml incl. premium10% below retail

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WineBid Auctions - 2026-W44

1997 · Lot

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Wine facts

Country
United States
Region
California
Sub-region
Howell Mountain
Type
Red
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About Beringer

Beringer, the St. Helena winery owned by Treasury Wine Estates, is best known at the top for Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, a near-varietal Cabernet assembled from vineyards vinified separately: in 2017 it drew on ten sites led by Steinhauer and Bancroft Ranch on Howell Mountain, plus the St. Helena Home and Chabot vineyards, and spent 20 months in custom-toasted French oak, 80% new. Expect blackcurrant, cocoa, graphite and espresso, full structure and ripe tannins, and one critic sees it keeping two decades or more. Below it sit a Private Reserve Chardonnay, Knights Valley reds from Sonoma, and single-vineyard bottlings from sites such as Marston Ranch on Spring Mountain, Chabot and Steinhauer Ranch.

Region
Napa Valley (St. Helena); Knights Valley, Sonoma
Owner
Treasury Wine Estates
Vineyards
Chabot (31 ac), St. Helena Home (48 ac), Bancroft Ranch (89 ac), Steinhauer Ranch (36 ac), Pauli, Marston Ranch, Lampyridae, Knights Valley and others
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc
Wines
Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon; Private Reserve Chardonnay; Knights Valley; single-vineyard Cabernets
Style
Full, concentrated Napa Cabernet with mostly new French oak and long ageing potential
Website
https://www.beringer.com

Sources: beringer.com, decanter.com, Wikipedia

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