Beringer, Private Reserve Bancroft Ranch Merlot, Howell Mountain 1997
Beringer · California · Howell Mountain
LWIN: 2825913
Beringer, Private Reserve Bancroft Ranch Merlot, Howell Mountain 1997 sold at auction 6 times in the last five years, at a median of $62 per 750ml; half of those sales fell between $52 and $62. The most recent sale was on October 23, 2026.
Auction median, last 5 yrs
$62
6 sales · $52–62 middle half
Last auction sale
Oct 23
2026
Beringer, Private Reserve Bancroft Ranch Merlot, Howell Mountain, neighbouring vintages
Live auction lots for 1997 (2)
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