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The Top 100 Wines: Descriptions
Wine of the Year: Beringer begins in the vineyard
Issue: December 31, 1996
1 / California / Beringer Chardonnay Napa Valley Private Reserve 1994 95 / $20 We never ranked a Chardonnay No. 1 before, but none has ever been this compelling. Sure, California producers have made great Chardonnays, but mostly in Burgundy-size lots of a few hundred cases that make them instant collector's items.
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