- Last updated on February 1, 2023
This is our Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon review.
Are you a great bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon with black fruits and chocolate aromas and flavors?
It’s currently featured in the best wines between $20-$40 and rated over 90+ points.
And what if I tell you that it pairs well with a wide variety of dishes and it offers excellent value for your money too?
Well, this is the wine you have been looking for! We liked it a lot!
Find below our Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon review along with our food pairings recommendations, serving tips, curiosity, and where you can buy it.
Let’s begin!
Our Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Review
- Brand: Beringer
- Grape Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region: United States, California
- Tasting Notes: Black Cheery & Dark Chocolate notes
- Glass & Serving: Bordeaux / 59-64 °F (15-18 °C) / Decant ~1hr
- Storage: Up to 5 years
- Price Range: ~$30
- Bottle Size: 750 ml
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon review: What's its color?
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wine has a deep ruby color with fat slow falling legs.
If you want to know more about how to taste wine and the lingo that goes with it, check out this article: How To Taste Wine Like a Pro in 4 Steps.
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon review: What are the flavors?
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend primarily made from Cabernet Sauvignon (87%) grapes aged in French oak barrels for 15 months.
The other grapes used are Merlot (8%), Cabernet Franc (2%), Malbec (2%), and Petit Verdot (1%).
On the nose, aromas of fig, blackberry, cassis, violet, and hints of dark chocolate, tobacco, and mocha.
On the palate, it’s a balanced full-body wine with medium acidity and soft tannins, with flavors of dark fruits, cassis, and dark chocolate with baking spice and a mocha long finish.
Is Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wine sweet?
No, it’s not sweet. Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wine is a dry wine.
Dry wine contains less than 15 g/L.
Learn more about wine sweetness level here.
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon review: Which food pairs well with it?
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a balanced wine with intense flavors, as such, we recommend to pair with equally strong flavor dishes.
Classic appetizers are pasta with veal ragu, lasagna, grilled vegetables, onion, and mushroom to name some.
Meat wise you have a wide selection here from veal, beef, stew, lamb, pulled-pork burger, and poultry for example.
If you are a cheese lover our recommendations for you are hard and blue cheeses like Pecorino and Gorgonzola.
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon review: What's its alcohol content?
Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wine’s alcohol content is 14.5%.
In case you wonder about alcohol content or more precisely Alcohol By Volume, i.e. ABV, measure the alcoholic strength of a drink.
There is a direct relationship between the sugar left in the wine after the alcoholic fermentation has taken place, i.e. Residual Sugar or RS, and ABV.
During alcoholic fermentation, the yeast transforms the sugar in the grape juice into alcohol.
Grapes with high residual sugar will therefore produce dry wine with a high ABV.
How many calories are in a glass of Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wine?
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture [1] a 5-ounce glass will contain about 120 to 130 calories.
Alcohol contains 7 calories per gram. So a wine with high ABV will have higher calories per glass than wine with low ABV.
Furthermore, sugar contributes to the calorie count.
A dry wine will usually have 4 calories per gram vs a sweet wine that will have around 20 calories per gram of carbs, which include sugar.
What is Beringer?
Here is an extract from the Beringer website:
“Never ask a wine to masquerade as something it’s not,” believes Ryan Rech, who as Chief Winemaker and General Manager at Beringer has access to some of Napa Valley’s finest vineyards.
“It’s the vineyard where important work is done, and my job is to showcase the exceptional fruit I’m fortunate enough to receive.“”
Conclusion
This is a great Cabernet Sauvignon bottle rated over 90+ points, perfect for any occasion, that for around $20-$30 offers excellent value for your money.
Its full body, medium acidity, soft tannins, and red and black fruit aromas will complement many dishes from veggie, pasta, a large variety of red meats, and our beloved cheeses.
Try Beringer Knights Valley with pasta with veal ragu, grilled vegetables, lamb, or Pecorino cheese and it’ll be a delight. At least it was for me!
If you have never tried it, I’m not entirely sure what are you still waiting for?
Once you had it, we’d love to know your opinion, so reach out and let’s know what you think! Enjoy!
